UA472 - Faded Green

Faded Green from Lifecolor

The acrylic shade Faded Green does not stand for a whole model but for one particular situation: a green that is no longer new. The maker offers it as a separate item beside the richer greens of the same range, so the faded tone does not have to be put together on the palette every time and will not shift between two models.

Why the faded version is sold separately

Fading is not a simple lightening. The tone loses saturation at the same time and turns toward gray-green. When a rich green is merely brightened with white, the result reads chalky and cold, because white takes color away evenly whereas the sun takes it away unevenly. A ready faded shade already carries that shift within it, and the transition between a rich and a faded area therefore looks like the work of the weather rather than two unrelated coats.

How to work with it

• The upper highlight on horizontal surfaces, the shoulders and the back of a figure, where the sun falls longest.
• In a pair with a rich green: the rich tone into the folds and shadows, the faded one on the raised places.
• On the parts that are rubbed: the edges of pockets, the seat of trousers, the area around buckles and straps.
• As a lighter intermediate step between two green shades, so that the transition is not abrupt.

Who it is for

It will be reached for by modelers of figures and vehicles alike who grade a single tone and do not want a whole area at one saturation. It also serves well where a scene is meant to hint at the season or the length of service.

Stir the paint thoroughly before work. Store it in a closed container out of the reach of children and out of direct sun.