The coldest and bluest of our Useful Greens. The blue-greens of alpine forests, valleys, and distant mountains. Useful in tints for distant foothills and mountains. Useful for evergreens and high elevation foliage, Alpine Blue-Green’s reduced temperature helps convey warm greens that appear cool through the blue of distance.
This color emerged from our work developing the first three Useful Greens. When you are closer to the treeline, you get more atmosphere and interference. Greens that appear warm up close, cool to blue as they recede. This is the “blue of distance” Rebecca Solnit refers to in her book A Field Guide to Getting Lost.
Pigment: PB28, PBr7, PW6
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, Series 2, Semi-transparent
Color Temperature: Cool