cobalt blue
a deep blue to a strong greenish-blue color.
any of a number of pigments containing an oxide of cobalt.
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Origin of cobalt blue
1- Also called king's blue, Thenard's blue.
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How to use cobalt blue in a sentence
Then it found him: an obsessive, cobalt-blue-eyed Scot by the name of Alex Ferguson.
And, just look at "all the cobalt-blue energy on the runways."
A mixture of cobalt blue and flowers of zinc with some yellow pigment.
The rich cobalt blue, called bleu de roi, of which there were two varieties, the darker being designated gros bleu.
The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods | William ChaffersHe walked down wearily and said: "cobalt blue" to his own door after a furtive look up and down the hall.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
The decoration was painted in cobalt blue upon the unburned surface of the enamel.
The Potter's Craft | Charles F. BinnsA brilliant black may also be obtained by a mixture of cobalt blue with the oxides of manganese and iron.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for cobalt blue
Also called: Thénard's blue any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
a deep blue to greenish-blue colour
(as adjective): a cobalt-blue car
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