Egyptian blue

English right|thumb|An Egyptian blue wall peg, from Persepolis. Etymology From en Egyptian blue, from being a blue invented by Ancient Egyptians. Noun ~ A light blue pigment made from en calcium copper tetrasilicate CaCuSi4O10, the first artificial pigment, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times. Coordinate terms en lapis lazuli en Chinese purple / en Han purple the first artificial purple, one of the first artificial pigments en Chinese blue / en Han blue artificial blue pigment used in ancient China en Maya blue artificial pigment by cultures of pre- and slightly post-Columbian Mesoamerica en Prussian blue the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment Translations Egyptian: ḫsbḏ jryt Greek: Ancient Greek: grc κύανος Latin: la caeruleum, la coeruleum en Blues Pigments