cobalt blue

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cobalt blue

A bright, clear, blue pigment made by combining cobalt and aluminum oxides with phosphoric acid. It was discovered by Baron L. J. Thénard in France in 1802 and introduced to artists about 20 years later.

blue, Vienna

blue, olympia

cobalt, azure

cobalt (blue pigment)

Vienna ultramarine

Thenard's blue

blue, Hungary

blue, king's

ultramarine, Vienna

king's blue

blue, new

blue, Thenard's

new blue

blue, cobalt

azure cobalt

olympia blue

Hungary blue

Vienna blue

bleu de cobalt

Kobaltblau

cobalt

Thénard's blue