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Chinese blue
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English
right|thumb|Mural from an Eastern Han tomb, containing both a Chinese blue background and Chinese purple details.
Etymology
From en Chinese blue. From being an artificial blue pigment invented by the ancient Chinese.
Noun
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A artificial blue pigment made from en barium copper tetrasilicate BaO·CuO·(SiO2)4, used in ancient China from the Western Zhou period (1045 ) until the end of the Han dynasty (circa 220 ).
en Han blue
Coordinate terms
en azurite
en Egyptian blue the first artificial pigment, of chemical similarity to Chinese blue
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en Prussian blue the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment
Related terms
en china blue
en Chinese purple
en Barium Blues Pigments