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Definition of Prussian blue
1. Noun. Any of various blue pigments.
2. Noun. A dark greenish-blue color.
Definition of Prussian blue
1. Noun. (inorganic compound) An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide) ¹
2. Noun. A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue. ¹
3. Adjective. Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prussian Blue
Literary usage of Prussian blue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"Common or basic Prussian blue is an inferior article prepared by the ... 228),
into Prussian blue. The chief use of the alum is to sa! uvate tlio freo ..."
2. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"Determine as outlined under Prussian blue. Calculation. The Prussian blue is
determined by multiplying the iron found by 3.03 or the nitrogen formed by 4.4. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"(2) Insoluble Prussian blue, produced by oxidizing Turnbull's blue with ...
The common commercial Prussian blue contains proportions of all the above. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"1.368. on the nature of prussian blue, published in the 12th vol. of the Ann. de
... When sulphuric acid is added to prussian blue, it makes it perfectly ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Prussian blue and indigo are highly useful colors, since it is only these that
... The last name is also applied to a Prussian blue, and azure is also given ..."
6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"There was more Prussian blue in the immediate neighborhood of the ... And they
show that dead parietal cells show more Prussian blue than living ones. ..."
7. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"Determine as outlined under Prussian blue. Calculation. The Prussian blue is
determined by multiplying the iron found by 3.03 or the nitrogen formed by 4.4. ..."
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