Han purple
Noun
Meaning
Han purple (uncountable)
A pigment made from barium copper disilicate (“BaCuSi2O6”), the first artificial purple pigment, used by Chinese for over 2 millennia before dying out at the end of the Han dynasty.
Noun
Han purple (uncountable)
A pigment made from barium copper disilicate (“BaCuSi2O6”), the first artificial purple pigment, used by Chinese for over 2 millennia before dying out at the end of the Han dynasty.