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Prussian red
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English
Potassium ferricyanide
Etymology
Discovered by Prussian chemist Leopold Gmelin.
Pronunciation
en ɛd 3
Noun
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en chemistry Potassium ferricyanide, K3[Fe(CN)6], a highly poisonous ferric crystal salt of potassium cyanide used as a pigment.
The colour of this compound: a hue of semi-dark brownish red
Translations
pigment
Finnish: fi preussinpunainen
German: de Preußisch Rot n
Polish: pl czerwień pruska f
colour
Finnish: fi preussinpunainen
German: de Preußisch Rot n
Hindi: hi प्रशियाई लाल m
Hungarian: hu
Polish: pl czerwień pruska f
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru
See also
en Prussian blue#Noun Prussian blue
Adjective
Of a brownish hue of red colour.
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Translations
of a hue of red
Finnish: fi preussinpunainen
Hungarian: hu poroszvörös
Polish: pl koloru pruskiej czerwieni
See also
en Prussian blue#Noun Prussian blue
en terms derived from toponyms
en Pigments Reds