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1.  Overview     2. History of use     3. Making the pigment     4. Technical details

Brief description of Prussian blue:           Dark blue, called the first of the modern pigments. It has very high tinting strength but is only fairly permanent to light and air.    Names for Prussian blue:             Pronounciation: pruh • shun   bloo Alternative names: Milori blue, iron blue, Berlin blue, etc. Non-English names:  German      French      Italian   Berliner Blau   bleu prussien   azzuro di Prusia, azzuro di Berlin  Chemical name: Iron(III)-hexacyanoferrate(II)

A painted swatch of Prussian blue:

Other blues         (intro) - Azurite - Cerulean Blue - cobalt blue - Egyptian blue - Indigo       Prussian blue - smalt - Ultramarine