Pigments through the Ages

              
/ pruh • shun   bloo /
Prussian blue
 
 
   

     
 

  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:

  

  Source of Prussian blue:   
        


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

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