Han blue
English
editEtymology
editFrom Han + blue. From being a blue pigment last used during the Han Dynasty.
Noun
edit- A pigment made from barium copper tetrasilicate (“BaCuSi4O10”), an artificial blue pigment, used by ancient Chinese for over 2 millennia before dying out at the end of the Han dynasty; one of the few alternates to azurite in ancient times.
Synonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- azurite
- Egyptian blue (the first artificial pigment, and of chemical similarity to Han blue)
- Prussian blue (the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment)