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Chinese purple
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English
right|thumb|Mural from an Eastern Han tomb, containing both Chinese purple details and a Chinese blue background.
Etymology
From en Chinese purple. From being an artificial purple pigment invented by the ancient Chinese.
Noun
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An artificial purple pigment made from en barium copper disilicate BaO·CuO·(SiO2)2, used in ancient China from the Western Zhou period (1045 ) until the end of the Han dynasty (circa 220 ).
en Han purple
Coordinate terms
en Egyptian blue the first artificial pigment, and chemically similar to Chinese purple and blue
Related terms
en Chinese blue
en Barium Purples Pigments