Prussian blue

English thumb|right|A sample of Prussian blue (potassium ferrous ferricyanide) pigment Etymology The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Prussian blue.wav Southern England Noun ~ en inorganic compound An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide), used in painting and dyeing, and as an antidote for certain kinds of heavy metal poisoning. en 1847 editorial staff Patent Inks and Salts of Gold Scientific American series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80 It is well known that Davy doubted the elementary character of iodine and Mr. Reade's soluble Prussian blue gives us some reason to believe that the great chemist may be correct. A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue. 003153 Translations pigment Bulgarian: bg берлинско синьо Catalan: ca blau de Prússia m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 普魯士藍 pou2 lou5 si6 laam4 Mandarin: cmn 普魯士藍 pǔlǔshìlán Czech: cs berlínská (pruská) modř f Danish: da berlinerblåt Finnish: fi preussinsininen, fi berliininsininen German: de Berliner Blau, de Preußisch Blau n Irish: ga gorm phrúiseach m Latin: la caeruleus berolinensis Macedonian: mk пруско сино n Polish: pl błękit pruski m-in Portuguese: pt azul da prússia m, pt azul prussiano m Romanian: ro albastru de Prusia, ro albastru de Berlin Russian: ru берли́нская лазу́рь f Spanish: es azul de Prusia Swedish: sv berlinerblått colour Catalan: ca blau de Prússia m Danish: da berlinerblåt Finnish: fi preussinsininen, fi berliininsininen French: fr bleu de Prusse m German: de Berliner Blau, de Preußischblau n Hindi: hi प्रशियाई नीला m Indonesian: id biru berlin Irish: ga gorm phrúiseach m Japanese: ja 紺青 こんじょう, konjyō, ja ベレンス berensu Latin: la caeruleus berolinensis m Polish: pl błękit pruski m-in Romanian: ro albastru de Prusia, ro albastru de Berlin Turkish: tr prusya mavisi See also en Berlin green en Prussian red#Noun Prussian red Adjective Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green. Synonyms colour en Berlin blue, en bronze blue, en celestial blue, en cyanine, en Haarlem blue, en Hamburg Blue, en iron blue, en oriental blue, en Paris Blue, en potash blue, en Turnbull's blue Translations colour (tinted with green) Danish: da berlinerblå Finnish: fi preussinsininen Hungarian: hu poroszkék, hu berlini kék, hu párizsi kék Japanese: ja 紺青 こんじょう, konjyō, ja ベレンス berensu Polish: pl koloru błękitu pruskiego Swedish: sv berlinerblå Turkish: tr prusya mavisi See also en Prussian red#Adjective Prussian red en terms derived from toponyms en Pigments