Prussian blue

English

Etymology

The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.

Noun

Prussian blue (countable and uncountable, plural Prussian blues)

1. (inorganic chemistry) An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide), used in painting and dyeing, and as an antidote for certain kinds of heavy metal poisoning.
2. A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.

   Prussian blue:  

A sample of Prussian blue (potassium ferrous ferricyanide) pigment

Translations

pigment

• Bulgarian: берлинско синьо (berlinsko sinjo)
• Catalan: blau de Prússia (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 普魯士藍 / 普鲁士蓝 (pou² lou⁵ si⁶ laam⁴)

  Mandarin: 普魯士藍 / 普鲁士蓝 (zh) (pǔlǔshìlán)

• Czech: berlínská (pruská) modř f
• Danish: berlinerblåt
• Finnish: preussinsininen (fi), berliininsininen
• German: Berliner Blau (de), Preußisch Blau n
• Irish: gorm phrúiseach m
• Latin: caeruleus berolinensis
• Macedonian: пруско сино n (prusko sino)
• Polish: błękit pruski m
• Portuguese: azul da prússia m, azul prussiano m
• Romanian: albastru de Prusia (ro), albastru de Berlin (ro)
• Russian: берли́нская лазу́рь (ru) f (berlínskaja lazúrʹ)
• Swedish: berlinerblått (sv)

colour

• Catalan: blau de Prússia (ca) m
• Danish: berlinerblåt
• Finnish: preussinsininen (fi), berliininsininen
• German: Berliner Blau (de), Preußischblau n
• Indonesian: biru berlin
• Irish: gorm phrúiseach m
• Japanese: 紺青 (ja) (こんじょう, konjyō), ベレンス (berensu)
• Latin: caeruleus berolinensis m
• Romanian: albastru de Prusia (ro), albastru de Berlin (ro)
• Turkish: prusya mavisi

See also

• Berlin green
• Prussian red

Adjective

Prussian blue (comparative more Prussian blue, superlative most Prussian blue)

1. Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.

Synonyms

• (colour): Berlin blue, bronze blue, celestial blue, cyanine, Haarlem blue, Hamburg Blue, iron blue, oriental blue, Paris Blue, potash blue, Turnbull's blue

Translations

colour (tinted with green)

• Danish: berlinerblå
• Finnish: preussinsininen (fi)
• Hungarian: poroszkék, berlini kék (hu), párizsi kék
• Japanese: 紺青 (ja) (こんじょう, konjyō), ベレンス (berensu)
• Swedish: berlinerblå (sv)
• Turkish: prusya mavisi

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}
• Prussian red