Colors with Undefined Names 99. Zaffre Color 1034 - #0014A8
Zaffre, a pre-scientific substance (see List of alchemical substances), is a
deep blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore, and is made of either an
impure form of cobalt oxide or impure cobalt arseniate. During the Victorian
Era, zaffre was used to prepare smalt and stain glass blue.
The first recorded use of zaffre as a color name in English was sometime in the
1550s (exact year uncertain).
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