- Color Name
- Green Earth
- Brand
- Bocour
- CI Name
- PG23
- Composition
- Inorganic ferrous silicates with aluminum and magnesium
Relevant Links
Leonard Bocour Oral History Interview
Smithsonian Institution – Archives of American Art
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Green Earth - Bocour Bellini
This tube came to me by way of a retiring painter. The tube has seen better days and Bocour is no longer in business but the paint inside seems to be just fine. I appreciate that this Green Earth isn’t pumped up with phthalocyanine. It’s a weak tinter and not very attractive but in the right context, it can be just the color!
I’ve posted a link to an interview with Leonard Bocour at Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. Bocour made a line of mineral spirit soluble acrylics called Magna. Golden Acrylics has the formulas now.