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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The plumage of this flycatcher is pale blue—blue of that peculiar shade known as verditer blue.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
Ground smalts, blue verditer, and other pigments, have passed under the name of bice.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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
Cloud Colour.—Light masticot, or lake and white, shaded with blue verditer.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Neither is durable, especially in oil; and, as pigments, both are precisely of the character of verditer.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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