Han blue

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noun
Definitions
  • A pigment made from barium copper tetrasilicate, an artificial blue pigment, used by ancient Chinese for over 2 millennia before dying out at the end of the Han dynasty; one of the few alternates to azurite in ancient times.

Etymology

Compound from English Han + English blue.

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blue

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