Egyptian blue

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A light blue pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi₄O₁₀”), the first artificial pigment, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times. countable,uncountable

词形变化

Egyptian blues plural

词源

From Egyptian + blue, from being a blue invented by Ancient Egyptians.
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