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iron blue
noun
- any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of iron blue1
First recorded in 1690–1700
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Example Sentences
His bare head, with its clustered, red-brown hair, looked quite wonderful in the setting of golden leaves and iron-blue grapes.
From Project Gutenberg
The tail is rather forked, and of a brilliant black, tinged with iron blue.
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