engelskt rött

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of engelskt (“English”) +‎ rött (“red”). As with similar pigments, see synonyms, named after the place they were imported from.

Noun

engelskt rött c

  1. Venetian red (color/colour)
    Synonyms: indiskt rött, italienskt rött, persiskt rött, preussiskt rött, spanskt rött, venetianskt rött
    Hypernym: järnoxidpigment
  2. (dated) a brown-purple pigment, mainly of iron oxide (color/colour)
    Synonym: caput mortuum
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