engelskt rött

Swedish

Pigment of engelskt rött.

Etymology

Compound of engelskt (“English”) +‎ rött (“red”). As with similar pigments, see synonyms, named after the place they were imported from.

Noun

engelskt rött c

1. Venetian red (color/colour)

   Synonyms: indiskt rött, italienskt rött, persiskt rött, preussiskt rött, spanskt rött, venetianskt rött

   Hypernym: järnoxidpigment

2. (dated) a brown-purple pigment, mainly of iron oxide (color/colour)

   Synonym: caput mortuum