Sometimes described as ,"The green of printed money." (From Artiscreation). This is an interesting, heavy pea soup green, and evokes a memory of pond plants in its hue. However in handling this color always packs a significant punch and while some have complained of phthalos being very intense, this is a color I have found to be sometimes almost overwhelming in its opacity, however like all things when used in the places one wants it, it is fantastic.

A reliable color, as in very stable. Despite having chrome in the name, our understanding is that this pigment is not the same as other very toxic chrome pigments- however, our eyes widened when we read on Artiscreation that if it is poorly made it may have free chromium, which would equate to a much more toxic situation. Please do your own research on this as we are not toxicologists. Also, the Artist's Guide to Health and Safety has some more information about the hazards of pigments containing Chrome-- in her latest work, Monona Rossol mentions this is Chrome III and has specific comments about that. So like all artist paints, use this color with respect just in case of impurities.

One of the virtues of this color is that it is among the pigments that do not require much oil when made into an oil paint, so it's more suited to the lower layers of a painting. It has a medium to fast drying time.