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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | The name for a bright, blue pigment originally made from a mixture of [ | + | The name for a bright, blue pigment originally made from a mixture of [[cobalt%20blue|cobalt blue]] and [[Prussian%20blue|Prussian blue]]. By the end of the 19th century, the formulation was changed to Prussian blue diluted with about 75% [[alumina|alumina]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 7 January 2014
Description
The name for a bright, blue pigment originally made from a mixture of Cobalt blue and Prussian blue. By the end of the 19th century, the formulation was changed to Prussian blue diluted with about 75% Alumina.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Haarlem blue; mineral blue; cyanine blue; Leitch's blue; Pigment Blue 27/28 mixture; blu d'Anversa (It.)
Authority
- 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
- B. Berrie, S.Q. Lomax, 'Azo Pigments: Their History, Synthesis, Properties and Use in Artists' Materials', Studies in the History of Art , National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, No. 57, 1997
- Thomas Gregory, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997