Green earth, also known as terre verte and Verona green, is an inorganic pigment derived from the minerals celadonite and glauconite. First used by the ancient Romans, green earth has been identified on wall paintings at Pompeii and Dura-Europos. The Renaissance painter and writer Cennino Cennini claimed that “the ancients never gilded except with this green” being used as a bole, or undercoating. In the Middle Ages one of its best-known uses was in the underpainting of flesh tones. The color in the color box matches the color called green earth in Derwent colored pencils.
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