Mont Marte Dimension Acrylic Premium Terre Verte 75ml

Mont Marte Dimension Acrylic Premium

Terre Verte 75ml

The ancient muted earth green: understated, transparent, and essential for portrait underpainting.

Terre Verte (French for "green earth") is one of the oldest pigments in Western painting, used as an underpainting tone for flesh in tempera and fresco since at least the medieval period. In the Dimension Acrylic Premium range, it delivers the characteristic cool, muted, slightly grey-green of natural green earth minerals. Semi-transparent and low in tinting strength, it is a gentle, understated colour that does not assert itself in a mix: it works by receding, harmonising, and providing a neutral cool green base under warm flesh tones. In the ultra-thick heavy body formula, it holds knife marks and brushstroke texture without slumping. Dries to a gloss finish with a Blue Wool Level 7+ lightfast rating. Available in 75ml tubes and 250ml pots.

Pigment

PG23, PG17 (Green Earth, Chromium Oxide)

Opacity

Semi-Transparent

Finish

Gloss (when dry)

Drying

20-30 min

1-2 hrs for thick impasto areas

★ Art Shed Staff Tip

Try using Terre Verte as an underpainting tone for portrait work in the Renaissance technique: lay a thin pass of Terre Verte over the whole face area, allow it to dry, then build warm flesh tones over it. The cool green undertone creates a shadow quality and skin depth that warm-over-warm painting cannot match.

Perfect For

Portrait underpainting in the classical techniqueLandscape muted distance and atmospheric foliageCool, understated earth-green passagesHarmonising warm and cool passages in a paintingBackground and ground colour for portrait and figure workSubtle landscape foliage tone in atmospheric painting

What Makes This Colour Essential

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Consistency

Ultra-Thick Heavy Body

Terre Verte delivers the full ultra-thick Dimension Acrylic Premium formula. Its heavy body character is unchanged by the natural pigment base: it sculpts and holds form without slumping.

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History

An Ancient Pigment Still Essential

Terre Verte (Green Earth) has been used by Western painters for over 1,000 years. Its muted, cool-green tone and semi-transparent quality make it uniquely suited to underpainting and classical portrait technique.

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Subtlety

Muted, Receding, Harmonising

Unlike vivid greens, Terre Verte recedes. It harmonises warm and cool passages, provides a natural background colour, and creates shadow quality when used under warm flesh tones.

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Lightfastness

Blue Wool Level 7+ / ASTM I

Rated at Blue Wool Level 7 or above (equivalent to ASTM I), Dimension Acrylic Premium Terre Verte is formulated to remain unchanged for more than 100 years under museum-quality lighting conditions. Purpose-built for archival and professional work.

Mixing with Terre Verte

Terre Verte is most valuable as an underpainting tone, a shadow modifier, and a subtle harmoniser for landscapes and portraits.

Combine this colour with...

Titanium White → pale, cool grey-green for atmospheric distance, architectural shadow, and muted backgrounds

Yellow Ochre → warm muted earth-green for weathered foliage and dry landscape passages

Burnt Sienna → warm olive-brown for autumn-touched foliage and naturalistic earth passages

Sap Green → rich natural green with the muted quality of Terre Verte and the depth of Sap Green

Paynes Grey → very cool, dark neutral green-grey for deep shadow in cool-keyed landscape

About Mont Marte Dimension Acrylic Premium

Founded in Australia in 2002, Mont Marte creates high-quality fine art materials for students, hobbyists, and professional artists worldwide. Dimension Acrylic Premium is their flagship heavy body range: an ultra-thick, high-viscosity acrylic formulated for impasto work, palette knife painting, and any technique that demands a paint that holds its shape. With a Blue Wool Level 7+ lightfast rating (equivalent to ASTM I), the 48-colour range is built for serious, permanent work. Available in 75ml tubes and 250ml pots.

What is Terre Verte and why is it significant in portrait painting?

Terre Verte (Green Earth) is a natural inorganic pigment with a muted, cool-green tone. In classical tempera and fresco technique, it was applied as an underpainting for flesh areas. Warm skin tones applied over the dry Terre Verte used the cool green undertone to create the impression of depth and shadow in the skin that warm-over-white painting cannot produce.

Can I use Dimension Acrylic Terre Verte with a palette knife?

Yes. Palette knife application is one of the primary uses for Dimension Acrylic Premium. The ultra-thick formula sits firm on the knife, deposits a clean hard-edged layer on the surface, and holds the shape of each mark as it dries without slumping. Apply straight from the tube for maximum texture and sharp ridges.

Is Terre Verte useful in landscape painting?

Yes. Its muted, receding quality makes it a natural tone for atmospheric distance, weathered foliage, and any passage where a quietly naturalistic green is needed rather than a vivid botanical green.

How long does Dimension Acrylic Terre Verte take to dry?

Thin applications dry in 20-30 minutes. Heavy impasto builds applied with a palette knife can take 1-2 hours to dry fully. Drying time extends in cold or humid conditions. Do not apply a second thick layer over the first until the lower layer has dried completely to the touch.

What surfaces can I use Dimension Acrylic Terre Verte on?

Canvas, board, wood, air-dry clay, plaster, cardboard, paper, leather, and most rigid plastics. For best adhesion on non-porous or slick surfaces, apply a coat of gesso or acrylic primer first. Dimension Acrylic Premium is compatible with all Mont Marte acrylic mediums, gels, and impasto pastes.

Art Shed Online is an authorised Australian stockist of Mont Marte products. All Mont Marte Dimension Acrylic products are sourced through official distribution channels. We ship Australia-wide.

Available at Art Shed Online, Australia's specialist art supply store. Questions? Contact us at customerservice@artshedonline.com.au.

(PMDA0028)

SKU	PMDA0028
Barcode #	9328577016158
Brand	Mont Marte
Shipping Weight	0.1080kg
Shipping Width	0.060m
Shipping Height	0.140m
Shipping Length	0.030m