Egyptian blue

Etymology
, from being a blue invented by Ancient Egyptians

Noun

 * 1) A pigment made from, the first artificial pigment, a blue, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times.

Coordinate terms

 * / the first artificial purple, one of the first artificial pigments
 * the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment
 * the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment
 * the first artificial pigment widely used in the modern world; not an ancient pigment

Translations

 * Ancient Greek: κύανος
 * Egyptian:
 * Latin: caeruleum / coeruleum