Egyptian blue

Noun

Meaning

Egyptian blue (uncountable)

A pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi4O10”), the first artificial pigment, a blue, 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.

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Examples

Eva Heller, Psychologie de la couleur: effets et symboliques, pg. 17 Blue glass was manufactured in Mesopotamia and Egypt as early as 2500 BC, using the same copper ingredients as Egyptian blue pigment. Source: Internet

Minor renovations were only made in 2017, when the market was repainted in white with Egyptian blue border on the edges and windows. Source: Internet

ISBN 0-262-02061-0 Egyptian blue was used to paint wood, papyrus and canvas, and was used to colour a glaze to make faience beads, inlays, and pots. Source: Internet

The Egyptians had created a synthetic colour, Egyptian blue, three thousand years BC, but the formula had been lost. Source: Internet

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