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Prussian blue

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.
Noun
  1. 1
    An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide), used in painting and dyeing, and as an antidote for certain kinds of heavy metal poisoning. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a dark greenish-blue color wordnet
  3. 3
    A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    any of various blue pigments wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.

Etymology 2

The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.

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