Antwerp blue

noun

1

: any of various iron-blue pigments (such as one containing alumina or a zinc compound)

2

: a moderate blue that is greener and duller than average copen and greener and deeper than azurite blue, Dresden blue, or pompadour

called also Harlem blue, mineral blue

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