VERDITER

n.[verde-terre, green earth; terre-verde.] A preparation of copper sometimes used by painters, etc. for a blue, but more generally mixed with a yellow for a green color. It is a factitious substance of blue pigment, obtained by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper in nitric acid or aqua fortis.

VERDIT

VERDIT Ver "dit, n.

VERDITER

Ver "di *ter, n. Etym: [F. vert-de-terre, literally, green of earth. ](Chem. ) (a ) Verdigris. [Obs. ] (b ) Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer ) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime, whiting, chalk, etc. ) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite. Verditer blue, a pale greenish blue color, like that of the pigment verditer.

VERDITURE

Ver "di *ture, n. Etym: [Cf. Verditer. ]

verditer

ver di ter |ˈvərdətər ˈvərdədər | ▶noun a light blue or bluish-green pigment, typically prepared by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper nitrate, used in making crayons and as a watercolor. ▶adjective of this color. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Old French verd de terre, literally ‘earth green. ’

verditer

verditer |ˈvəːdɪtə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a light blue or bluish-green pigment, typically prepared by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper nitrate, used in making crayons and as a watercolour. ▶adjective of a light blue or bluish-green colour. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Old French verd de terre, literally ‘earth green ’.