| 单词 | prussian brown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPrussian brown Prussian brown n. a deep brown pigment derived from Prussian blue by oxidation or by admixture with another pigment. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments brown1549 umberc1568 castory1590 wood-colour1622 burnt umbera1650 Cologne earth1658 Spanish brown1660 raw umber1702 bistre1728 Siena1787 raw sienna1797 Terra Siennaa1817 sepia1821 brown ochre1823 bone brown1831 indigo-brown1838 mummy1854 Cassel brown1860 Prussian brown1860 mineral brown1869 Cappagh brown1875 Verona brown1889 1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) III. 545 Prussian brown, a fine deep brown colour obtained by adding the yellow prussiate of potash (ferroprussiate) to a solution of sulphate of copper. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Brown a. and n. Prussian brown, a pigment used by artists, prepared by calcining an aluminous Prussian blue... It is orange-brown, and resembles burnt sienna, but is not so rich in tone. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 598/1 There are pigments, such as Prussian brown, light red and burnt sienna, which owe their hues to a process of actual calcination. 1993 Stud. Conservation 38 246 Often he used the names of pigments as colour descriptions, which implies he was familiar with less well-known pigments such as Prussian brown. < as lemmas |
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