Vasari Cyprus Umber Green Extra Pale

This tint is close to a neutral, however the color leans a bit warmer to the red-purples than its green leaning sister pigment, Terre Verde Ancienne Extra Pale. This grey has a hint of cool red in its masstone.

“Like a true Buff, Cyprus Umber-Green Extra Pale is devoid of color but mixes with a delicate warmth. Offers great control as a Semi-Opaque pale neutral tint for subtle changes in value to mixtures or to modify brighter colors for atmospheric effects.“ -Vasari

This color is part of the set called The Renaissance Touch of Color. Here is what Vasari says about the set, as their brand statements here may shed more light on this individual color as an opaque pigment blend. “Uniquely formulated from the delicate transparent and semi-transparent natural earth pigments actually used by the Renaissance Masters of painting, this set of eight opaque tints offers subtle notes of light. Useful as whites for delicate changes of value or as neutrals to modify brighter colors for suggestions of space and time.

The eight extra pale colors in the set offer a range of warm or cool, exquisite color, and soft neutral tones.” -Vasari

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