verditer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of verditer
1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre ( French vert de terre ) green of earth
Example Sentences
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Another method is by first painting the article, after it has been rendered nonabsorbent, of a dark color made of Prussian blue, yellow ochre, and verditer, ground in oil.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Cloud Colour.—Light masticot, or lake and white, shaded with blue verditer.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
Green.—Verdigris, green verditer, and mixtures of blue and yellow.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford
Copper carbonate is also the basis of the valuable blue to green pigments verditer, Bremen blue and Bremen green.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Blue.—The ancient blues were very numerous; the principal of these was cœruleum, azure, a species of verditer, or blue carbonate of copper, of which there were many varieties.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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