BREMEN BLUE


Meaning of BREMEN BLUE in English

noun

Usage: often capitalized 1st B

Etymology: probably translation of German bremerblau

1. : a moderate bluish green that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than porcelain green and bluer and paler than sea blue — called also chemic green, Neuwied blue, Peligot's blue, water blue

2. : any of various greenish blue or bluish green pigments consisting essentially of copper hydroxide containing copper carbonate or of basic copper carbonate — compare blue verditer

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