Han blue

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English

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Etymology

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From Han +‎ blue. From being a blue pigment last used during the Han Dynasty.

Noun

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Han blue (uncountable)

  1. A pigment made from barium copper tetrasilicate (“BaCuSi4O10”), an artificial blue pigment, used by ancient Chinese for over 2 millennia before dying out at the end of the Han dynasty; one of the few alternates to azurite in ancient times.

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Coordinate terms

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  • azurite
  • Egyptian blue (the first artificial pigment, and of chemical similarity to Han blue)
  • Prussian blue (the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment)
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