- 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
Origin of Prussian blue
origin, originally discovered in Prussia (1704)Prussian blue
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Prussian blue
noun
- An insoluble dark blue pigment and dye, ferric ferrocyanide or one of its modifications.
- See iron blue.
- A moderate to strong blue or deep greenish blue.
Origin of Prussian blue
From its having been discovered by an 18th-century color-maker in Berlin (then in Prussia)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural Prussian blues)
- (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.
- A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.
Adjective
(comparative more Prussian blue, superlative most Prussian blue)
- Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.
Origin
The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.
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