Thénard's bluen.
/ˈteɪnɑːz bluː/ A bright blue pigment of considerable stability invented by Thénard, consisting essentially of cobalt aluminate; cobalt blue.
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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 301/1 Phosphate of Cobalt..is used in making a pigment known by the name of Thenard's or Cobalt Blue.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 599/1 Several mixed cobalt compounds..represented by cobalt violet and Thénard's blue.
1958 Listener 2 Oct. 514/2 With their vivid Thénard's blue, the gleaming black of some of the boots and of Dick Turpin's horse..they have a place with the painted fair-ground horses and round-abouts.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 930/3 In 1799 he [sc. Thénard] made a discovery that assured him prosperity—Thenard's blue, a pigment used in the colouring of porcelain.
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