 {| align="right" |  |- | {| |+ viridian as a tertiary color on the ryb color wheel | |- | (teal) |- | |} |} viridian is a blue-green pigment, a hydrated chromium(iii) oxide, of medium saturation and relatively dark in value. it is composed more of green than blue. specifically, it is a dark shade of spring green, the color between green and cyan on the color wheel, or, in paint, a tertiary blueâgreen color. viridian takes its name from the latin viridis, meaning "green".maerz and paul a dictionary of color new york:1930 mcgraw-hill page 18 see: "table--polyglot table of principle color names" pages 18-19 the first recorded use of viridian as a color name in english was in the 1860s (exact year uncertain).maerz and paul a dictionary of color new york:1930 mcgraw-hill page 206; color sample of viridian: page 93 plate 79 color sample k11  ==variations of viridian== ===paolo veronese green===  paolo veronese green is the color that is called verde verones in the guÃ­a de coloraciones (guide to colorations) by rosa gallego and juan carlos sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the hispanophone realm. paolo veronese green was a color formulated and used by the noted 16th century venetian artist paolo veronese. paolo veronese green began to be used as a color name in english sometime in the 1800s (exact year uncertain).maerz and paul a dictionary of color new york:1930 mcgraw-hill page 201 (it is listed under paul veronese green) another name for this color is transparent oxide of chromium.maerz and paul a dictionary of color new york:1930 mcgraw-hill page 142  ===viridian green=== {{infobox color|textcolor=white| title= vi
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