Historical Color
Alizarin Green
Pigment Description
This is a rarely mentioned pigment. It is hard to find much information about it outside of the Artist’s Handbook by Pip Seymour and the Harvard Museum’s pigment collection. The pigment in the Harvard Museum is described as a 'semi-permanent ink' from the F. Weber Company, 1941. The Weber sample may be PG1, though whether all paints labeled Alizarin Green are PG1 is hard to say.
Resources
CAMEO Materials Database: Conservation & Art Materials Encyclopedia Online, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. (Accessed June 2025). Alizarin Green https://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/9.11.03_Alizarin_Green. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Seymour, Pip. The Artist's Handbook: A Complete Professional Guide to Materials and Techniques. Lee Press,2020https://www.kremer-pigmente.com/en/shop/books-color-charts/992108-pip-seymour-the-artist-s-handbook.html
Harvard Art Museums (Accessed June 2025). Straus.71: Alizarin Green. Harvard Art Museums.
Stats
Lightfastness
Poor
Likely poor.
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