engelskt rött
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of engelskt (“English”) + rött (“red”). As with similar pigments, see synonyms, named after the place they were imported from.
Noun
[edit]- Venetian red (color/colour)
- Synonyms: indiskt rött, italienskt rött, persiskt rött, preussiskt rött, spanskt rött, venetianskt rött
- Hypernym: järnoxidpigment
- (dated) a brown-purple pigment, mainly of iron oxide (color/colour)
- Synonym: caput mortuum