Turnbull's blue

noun

Turn·​bull's blue

ˈtərnˌbu̇lz-

: an iron blue pigment having a coppery luster formed as a precipitate when an alkali metal ferricyanide and a ferrous salt are brought together in solution and formerly regarded as ferrous ferricyanide compare prussian blue

Word History

Etymology

probably from the name Turnbull

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