King's blue

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)