verditer

American  

[vur-di-ter] / ˈvɜr dɪ tər /

noun

1. either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite blue verditer or malachite green verditer.

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Etymology

Origin of verditer

1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre ( French vert de terre ) green of earth

Example Sentences

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 Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Verditer, ver′di-tėr, n. a light-blue pigment, essentially a hydrated cupric carbonate—Green verditer is the blue pigment changed to green by boiling.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Authorities state that these may be formed from bright Prussian blue or verditer glazed over with Prussian blue or of smalt.

From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.

The first is a blue mineral found near copper mines, while the last is simply a verditer.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

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