Chinese blue
English
Etymology
Chinese + blue From being an artificial blue pigment invented by the Ancient Chinese
Noun
Chinese blue (uncountable)
- A pigment made from barium copper tetrasilicate (“BaO·CuO·(SiO2)4”), used in ancient China.
Synonyms
- Han blue
Coordinate terms
- azurite
- Egyptian blue (the first artificial pigment, and of chemical similarity to Chinese blue)
- Prussian blue (the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment)
Related terms
- china blue
- Chinese purple