Prussian blue

Prussian blue Definition

Prussian blue

noun

any of a group of dark-blue powders, ferrocyanides of iron, used as dyes or pigments; esp., ferric ferrocyanide, Fe[Fe(CN)]
a strong, dark blue

Etymology: orig. discovered in Prussia (1704)

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