PG26 Cobalt Chromite Green
Cobalt chromite.
9 tubes from 8 of 24 paint lines contain PG26. 7 are made from PG26 alone, which is the closest match when you're switching brands.
- Toxicity
- Handle with care Contains cobalt. Avoid breathing in the dust or getting the paint in your mouth, and don't sand or spray it.
- Drying
- Fast Cobalt speeds drying.
- Opacity
- Single-pigment tubes are mostly opaque.
About PG26
History
Cobalt chromite is a modern cobalt pigment for deep blue-greens.
In mixes
A deep, cool, somewhat dull green of moderate strength.
Genuine or hue?
Cobalt pigments are costly, mix to clean, slightly cool tints and shouldn't be breathed in as dust. Hues cost much less and usually tint more strongly, but their mixes rarely look quite the same.
Drying speed is typical for linseed oil; tubes ground in safflower or poppy oil, or with driers added, will differ. These are general notes on the pigment, not on any one brand.
Purest PG26, by brand
The best single-pigment PG26 tube from each line, ranked: artists' grade first, then lightfastness, then how firmly the pigment listing is confirmed. Ties are listed alphabetically.
- Blockx Cobalt Chromite GreenSeries 6 · LF I · Semi-opaque
- W&N Artists' Cobalt Chromite GreenSeries 4 · LF I · Opaque
- Rembrandt Cobalt GreenSeries 5 · LF I · Semi-opaque
- Schmincke Mussini Tourmaline GreenLF I · Opaque
- Williamsburg Cobalt GreenSeries 6 · LF I · Opaque
- Lukas 1862 Cobalt GreenSeries 3 · LF I
- Maimeri Puro Cobalt GreenLF not rated
Not sold here by: Holbein, Grumbacher, M. Graham, Gamblin, Michael Harding, W&N Winton, Georgian, Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Cobra, Art Creation, W&N Griffin, Art Spectrum, Langridge, Vasari, W&N Artisan.
Made from PG26 alone
Mixtures that contain PG26
Brands: Blockx, Lukas 1862, Maimeri Puro, Schmincke Mussini, Old Holland, Rembrandt, Williamsburg, W&N Artists'.