Viridian is a bluish-green pigment of much depth and purity. It is a hydrated sesquioxide of chromium, and is a valuable modern addition to the artist's palette. Neither light nor sulphuretted hydrogen gas has any action upon it, and it mixes with other colours without injuring them.
Viridian
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 493
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