TURNBULL'S BLUE


Meaning of TURNBULL'S BLUE in English

ˈtərnˌbu̇lz- noun

Usage: usually capitalized T

Etymology: probably from the name Turnbull

: 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

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