Mineral green is a generic term for different shades of Malachite which is a green colored semi-precious stone. This color has become a popular pigment in landscape painting and temple decoration. You may see it used in the cave paintings in Mogao caves in the Silk Road of China.
There are 4 shades of green derived from Malachite, from light to deeper green in this painting. The first green 頭綠 is the deepest and the fourth green is the lightest.
Materials used in this painting:
Paper: half-ripe Rice paper
Chinese ink
Yellow color 藤黃
Orange color 珠膘
Indigo 花青
Scarlet/China red 大紅
"First" mineral green 頭綠
Happy painting!
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