Color Names

Hydrargyrum

Liquid metal turned to stone, a grey as still as the symbol Hg.

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Hydrargyrum is a light grey.

It can be described as light, pale and neutral.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Hydrargyrum

Mercury (element)

Mercury is a chemical element; it has symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver. A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is known to be liquid at standard temperature and pressure. As well as having the lowest freezing point, mercury has the lowest boiling point and subsequently the narrowest liquid state range of any metal at standard conditions.

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hydrargyrum

Noun

  1. Mercury (chemical element).
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