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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | An unstandardized name used for black pigments with a bluish cast. Blue black generally referred to [ | + | An unstandardized name used for black pigments with a bluish cast. Blue black generally referred to [[ivory black]], [[bone black]], or [[vine black]] in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 8 January 2014
Description
An unstandardized name used for black pigments with a bluish cast. Blue black generally referred to Ivory black, Bone black, or Vine black in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Synonyms and Related Terms
blu nero (It.)
Authority
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982