Love the comparison...great video

I had to check which Hookers green I had and it turns out it was M Graham.  I'm so glad that it is one that I like best of your swatches!

Interesting that the Roman Szmal uses pb27, one of the original pigments, yet is very different the the other modern interpretations.

This was such a crazy video! I don’t think I’ve seen this many variants of Hooker’s Green swatched together before. Amazing job!

Like you said, some of them lean more towards sap or olive. There are the PG17 ones as well (which IS Chromium Green Oxide BTW). So much variety.

Oh and this made me really glad to have PG36 in my palette. In my opinion the best-looking swatches all had PG36 in them!

I always find it so odd that brands will use 4 to 5 pigments to make a color that another brand can make with only 2 😅

Awesome.  I did a similar thing with a blacksploration.  I made a list of what each manufacturer had available, and then created a set of each PBk number.  It was well worth it.

I hadn’t heard of Blockx so I looked them up. Jacques Blockx was a Belgian chemist. They’ve been making oil paint since 1865 and watercolour since 1976. Maybe my next buy needs to be a few Blockx tubes…

Also I noticed you get comments about wiggly fingers and other such nonsense. sigh you’re great. Keep being you ❤️

Yes to old Holland.  It's the only reason why I subscribed and watch.

I have some opinions here:
(1), Hooker's green is meant to be used for botanical illustration, not landscape painting. It is used to depict fresh leaves, not dry or dead one or something in the distance, so it should have some vibrancy, not dull or unsaturated.
(2), botanical illustrations are heavy on details. Any granulations or separation will create problems. Both Prussian Blue and Gamboge are non-granulating and also transparent.
(3) So, Hooker's green should not be opaque.

I have the Daniel Smith and the Windsor Newton and like them both!

Looked at my Paul Reuben’s set. Their Hookers green is PG 17, it looks a lot like the ShinHan one.
I love the MissionGold one, but I have a hard time using their paints- they’re SO pigmented that you have to add buckets of water to it.

I don't believe I have any hookers greens cause this doesn't look like a green for me, but man I love a few of these. My favorite ones are 1 roman Szmal 2 mission gold 3 Grumbacher light. Some that are not very hookers-like lol. The ones like qor, maimeiri, M graham all make me wanna expire lol. Many of these are too cool and dark for me, I guess. I like my greens to be very yellowy and bright.
I def need to buy that roman Szmal one 🤤

I’m in love with HG Light (not dark!) W+N Cotman so looking forward to see the rest of these to see if it will change my mind!

Omg… and you didn’t even have it!

😮❤ Wow, that's wild! I've been curious about all these different formulas for something that has the same name... and none of them look like hookers green to me! I'm surprised the companies didn't come up with another name for it if they were going to change the recipe that much. 🤔

On your swatches, the M Graham was my favorite. When I was choosing between Daniel Smith and W&N professional, I ended up choosing the more vibrant W&N figuring I could always dull it down a bit by mixing, but I kinda wish I had chosen a more natural foliage green for true convenience.

Thankyou Kori Very informative and interesting 💗

Winsor and newtons is pretty too!

Interesting assortment–thanks! I do wish you'd mixed a traditional Hooker's Green as a reference swatch so I wouldn't have to imagine it.

I am based in the USA. I purchase paints based on a combination of quality, availability,  and price.

I commonly purchase:
DaVinci
Winsor & Newton Pro
Schmincke Horadam
Holbein
Roman Szmal
Rosa Gallery

I purchase rarely for select colors:
Daniel Smith
M. Graham
Miameri Blu
Sennelier
Utrecht
Rembrandt

I have not tried, but am open to:  ShinHan PWC
Daler Rowney Professional
White Nights
Mission Gold

I would not purchase due to price in my location:
Quor
Art Spectrum
Block X
Micheal Harding
Old Holand

I also don't generally purchase student grades or budget paints:
Van Gogh
W&N Cotman
Turner
Daler Rowney Aquafine
Pheonix
Kuretake
Grumbacher Academy
Marie's Masters

I typically mix my own greens.
My favorites are DaVinci and W&N Pro and Sennelier. I like the Mission Gold, but not sure about the 3 pigments in it.

Miameri Blu PG17 is Chromium Oxide. 24:29

Roman Szmal 21:06 is my favorite hue, but I don't like paints with PB27 because it isn't lightfast. 😢

26:08 ShinHan & Utrecht PG8 is not lightfast, but a beautiful hue. Would be fine for scanned artwork or journals.  But not something i would buy because of the lack of lightfaness.