Natural Red Iron Oxide
Prussian Blue
Hansa Yellow Deep
This is a useful and versatile convenience blend— a dark foliage green. As a note on lightfastness, of one of the ingredients in this blend is Prussian Blue. We are grateful to Golden for their commitment to testing and will update this when we hear more from Golden. As a general note on Prussian Blue, we advise doing one's own lightfastness tests in different white paints to see how this pigment may behave. Some preliminary research may indicate that the lightfastness of PB27 could be affected by the use of various mixing whites. One resource on this topic is a video from Rublev/Natural Pigments which shows their tests from their own variety of Prussian Blue (PB27) in various mixing whites. In this case the combination with white created different lightfastness ratings: https://www.youtube.com/live/xFn74zdaDHc?feature=share&t=1286.
This color is part of their Signature Color series: “Throughout Williamsburg's history, exploration and experimentation have led to the development of several unique colors. The Signature Colors set contains 8 colors representative of these discoveries.” Also, while not a commercial set, this color is mentioned as part of Williamsburg’s six Chromatic Darks. From their publication, Just Paint they explain, “These colors are all blends, containing a natural iron oxide or Ivory Black and one or more strongly colored pigments to give them their chromatic punch. When painted from the tube, they visually resemble a colorful black, but when scumbled, tinted or mixed, these darks start to show their true color!” They go on to share about Courbet Green specifically, “Calcined Yellow Ochre, Prussian Blue and Permanent Yellow Deep combine to make Courbet Green a sophisticated dark green. In masstone and undertone it appears warm throughout, but changes temperature when mixed with white. Courbet Green tints to a minty cool, bluish green. It is similar to Turkey Umber but more extreme in every way. The masstone is darker, the tinting strength is stronger and the range from warm, glowing undertone to cool tint is much more pronounced. It is Semi-Opaque, very fine and fast-drying.” -Just Paint 2020. As a mixture, this color does not appear to have been specifically mentioned, however it is worth noting that Golden published groundbreaking lightfastness testing in various white colors. The choice of mixing white may affect the performance of certain pigments. See https://justpaint.org/astm-lightfastness-testing-for-oil-paints/ for more information.