English Explanatory Dictionary

Saunders blue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pigment prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine.
  2. A blue pigment prepared from carbonate of copper.

Word forms

Saunders blue

Etymology

Corrupted from French cendres bleues (“blue ashes”)

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