English Explanatory Dictionary

Egyptian blue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light blue pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi₄O₁₀”), the first artificial pigment, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times.

Word forms

Egyptian blue Egyptian blues

Etymology

From Egyptian + blue, from being a blue invented by Ancient Egyptians.

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