Prussian blue

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Etymology

The pigment was discovered in Germany (Prussia at the time) by Diesbach.

Noun

Prussian blue (plural Prussian blues)

1. (inorganic chemistry) An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide)
2. A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.

   Prussian blue colour:

A sample of Prussian blue (potassium ferrous ferricyanide) pigment

Translations

pigment

Finnish: preussinsininen (fi) German: Berliner Blau (de), Preußisch Blau (de) n.

Latin: caeruleus berolinensis (la)

colour

Catalan: blau de Prússia (ca) m. Finnish: preussinsininen (fi) German: Berliner Blau (de), Preußisch Blau (de) n.

Japanese: 紺青 (こんじょう, konjyō), ベレンス (berensu) Latin: caeruleus berolinensis (la) m.

See also

• Berlin green

Adjective

Prussian blue (comparative more Prussian blue, superlative most Prussian blue)

1. Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.

Translations

colour (tinted with green)

Finnish: preussinsininen (fi)

Japanese: 紺青 (こんじょう, konjyō), ベレンス (berensu)

Synonyms

• (colour): iron blue, Hamburg Blue, Paris Blue, bronze blue, celestial blue, cyanine, Haarlem blue, oriental blue, potash blue, Turnbull's blue

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues) [edit]}