Zaffre

Cobalt oxide pigment, roasted to a mysterious dark blue.

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Zaffre is a deep blue.

It can be described as deep, rich, dark and dim.

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Zaffre

Zaffre, a prescientific, or alchemical substance, is a deep blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore, and is made of either an impure form of cobalt oxide or impure cobalt arsenate. During the Victorian Era, zaffre was used to prepare smalt and to stain glass blue.

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zaffre

Noun

Cobalt oxide obtained by roasting cobalt ore, used as a blue pigment.
A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment.

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Extravehicular Activity, #0011aa Dark Galaxy, #0018a8 Cobalt, #030aa7 Traditional Royal Blue, #0504aa Groundwater, #1100aa Bohemian Blue, #0000aa City Hunter Blue, #0022aa Space Exploration, #001199 Space Dust, #002299 Deep Sea Exploration, #2000b1 Duke Blue, #00009c Antarctic Circle, #0000bb

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