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PREFERRED TERM
Prussian blue  
DEFINITION
  • By compounding, formed within English. It refers to a deep blue pigment used in painting but also in textile dying.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bleu de Prusse

French

Blu di Prussia

Italian

Azul de Prusia

Spanish

azul de milori
azul de parís
azul de berlín
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/619
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