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Prussian blue en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.
Meanings
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Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.
Forms
Relateds
Prussian red
Synonyms
Paris Blue · Hamburg Blue · Turnbull's blue · Haarlem blue · cyanine · bronze blue · celestial blue · potash blue · iron blue · Berlin blue · oriental blue
Translations (9)
tr prusya mavisi (colour (tinted with green)) · ja 紺青 (colour (tinted with green)) · sv berlinerblå (colour (tinted with green)) · hu berlini kék (colour (tinted with green)) · da berlinerblå (colour (tinted with green)) · ja ベレンス (colour (tinted with green)) · hu párizsi kék (colour (tinted with green)) · hu poroszkék (colour (tinted with green)) · fi preussinsininen (colour (tinted with green))
Prussian blue en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
It is well known that Davy doubted the elementary character of iodine and Mr. Reade's soluble Prussian blue gives us some reason to believe that the great chemist may be correct.
1847, editorial staff, “Patent Inks and Salts of Gold”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80:
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(countable, uncountable) A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.
Forms
Relateds
Berlin green · Prussian red
Translations (37)
cmn 普魯士藍 /普鲁士蓝 (pigment) · fr bleu de Prusse (colour) · ro albastru de Prusia (colour) · de Berliner Blau (colour) · fi berliininsininen (colour) · ja ベレンス (colour) · bg берлинско синьо (pigment) · fi preussinsininen (pigment) · yue 普魯士藍 /普鲁士蓝 (pigment) · hi प्रशियाई नीला (colour) · la caeruleus berolinensis (pigment) · cs berlínská modř (pruská) (pigment) · pt azul da prússia (pigment) · tr prusya mavisi (colour) · fi preussinsininen (colour) · ro albastru de Berlin (colour) · ga gorm phrúiseach (pigment) · de Berliner Blau (pigment) · ro albastru de Berlin (pigment) · ca blau de Prússia (colour) · ru берли́нская лазу́рь (pigment) · id biru berlin (colour) · mk пруско сино (pigment) · ja 紺青 (colour) · la caeruleus berolinensis (colour) · es azul de Prusia (pigment) · pl błękit pruski (pigment) · de Preußischblau (colour) · ro albastru de Prusia (pigment) · de Preußisch Blau (pigment) · pt azul prussiano (pigment) · ca blau de Prússia (pigment) · da berlinerblåt (colour) · ga gorm phrúiseach (colour) · da berlinerblåt (pigment) · sv berlinerblått (pigment) · fi berliininsininen (pigment)