French Blue (Noun)
Meaning
Ultramarine pigment prepared artificially.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- French blue was initially discovered by chance in 1704 by the German chemist and pigment maker Johann Jacob Diesbach.
- In the early nineteenth century the artificial ultramarine pigment known as French blue, made through a manufacturing process, began to replace the natural substance in paint.
- The first synthetic pigment that could be mass-produced was the French blue made from lapis lazuli.
- Davy's talk was about colour and the making of a pigment called French blue out of ground glass, and he showed his technique to them during the meeting.
- Initially made by a process of oven-heating, this early synthetic ultramarine pigment was called French blue by manufacturers and artists.