Sap Green
Sap Green
Sap Green is a vivid, natural looking yellow-green that can be used in a wide variety of applications.
Artist’s Notes: Sap Green is brighter and more yellow that Hooker’s Green, and is more of a natural looking green than either Phthalo Green Blue Shade or Phthalo Green Yellow Shade. Sap Green is perfect for a range of subject matter, and is a noted favourite of botanical artists.
Paint Maker’s Notes: Sap Green was historically made from the juice of buckthorn berries.
Transparency: Semi-Transparent
Staining: Semi-Staining
Granularity: Semi-Granular
Pigment Number: PY 150 + PG 36 + PBr 7
Pigment Type: Synthetic Inorganic + Synthetic Organic
Pigment Composition: Nickel azo complex + chlorinated and bromated copper phthalocyanine + iron oxide hydroxide
Lightfastness: Not rated