Etymology

Saunders blue

Today it means: A pigment prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine. Full definition →

French cendres bleues
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The story

  1. French · derived fromcendres bleues“blue ashes”
  2. English todaySaunders blue

Corrupted from French cendres bleues (“blue ashes”)

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