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Prussian blue

Prussian blue · more Prussian blue · most Prussian blue

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

Meaning

1 senses

Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more Prussian blue, most Prussian blue

Comparative	more Prussian blue Lesson
Superlative	most Prussian blue Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Berlin blue bronze blue celestial blue cyanine Haarlem blue Hamburg Blue iron blue oriental blue Paris Blue potash blue Turnbull's blue

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

prudish prune pruner pry psalm

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