Difference between revisions of "King's blue"

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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
An unstandardized pigment name first used for [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=smalt smalt]. King's blue became associated with a sky blue tone and later the name was used for [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cobalt%20blue cobalt blue] and for a mixture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ultramarine%20blue%2C%20synthetic synthetic ultramarine blue] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=lead%20white lead white].
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An unstandardized pigment name first used for [[smalt]]. King's blue became associated with a sky blue tone and later the name was used for [[cobalt blue]] and for a mixture of [[ultramarine blue, synthetic|synthetic ultramarine blue]] and [[lead white]].
  
 
== Authority ==
 
== Authority ==

Revision as of 10:48, 21 January 2014

Description

An unstandardized pigment name first used for Smalt. King's blue became associated with a sky blue tone and later the name was used for Cobalt blue and for a mixture of synthetic ultramarine blue and Lead white.

Authority

  • M. Doerner, The Materials of the Artist, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1934
  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

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