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Revised 2021

zinnober greennoun

Now historical.
  1. 1879–
    An artist's pigment in various shades of olive green made by mixing Prussian blue with a yellow pigment, usually chrome yellow. Cf. chrome green n. (b).
    1. 1879
      Zinnober Green, light; Zinnober Green, medium; Zinnober Green, deep.
      D. D. Morse, Secret Pict. Art 121
    2. 1911
      Because Zinnobar red or Zinnober was a permanent red, some manufacturers have made a Zinnobar green, and have sold it more or less on the implication of excellence on account of the name.
      M. Toch, Materials for Permanent Painting xiv. 173
    3. 1942
      Zinnober Green is a term ordinarily synonymous with chrome green..which is a processed mixture of chrome yellow and Prussian blue. More specifically, it is given to mixtures that are olive in hue.
      R. J. Gettens & G. L. Stout, Painting Materials 178
    4. 1973
      Zinnober green is a mixture of Prussian blue and cadmium yellow.
      F. Taubes, Painter's Dictionary 253
    5. 2001
      There is potential for confusion of viridian with so-called chrome green, a mixture of Prussian blue and chrome yellow that was marketed commercially in the nineteenth century. The identity of this mixed colour is further obscured by the peculiar practice of calling it cinnabar green or zinnober green.
      P. Ball, Bright Earth vii. 177

zinnober green, n. was revised in March 2021.

zinnober green, n. was last modified in December 2024.