silicato di cobalto

English translation: deep cobalt blue

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Italian term or phrase:silicato di cobalto
English translation:deep cobalt blue
Entered by: Kimmy

12:10 Feb 1, 2006
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / ceramic tints
Italian term or phrase: silicato di cobalto
Colours? Steel blue!!!
Kimmy
Local time: 20:45
deep cobalt blue
Explanation:
cobalt silicate is the pigment and the colour is deep cobalt blue
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Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 12:45
Grading comment
This clears a lot of things up for me! Thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2deep cobalt blue
Juliet Halewood (X)
4 +1cobalt silicate/cobalt blue
Jo Macdonald
3cobalt silicate
Heikki Särkkä
3cobalt silicate blues
Francesca Zambelli
2cobalt silicate
GAR


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
cobalt silicate


Explanation:
what about this?

hope it helps
cheers

GAR
Local time: 12:45
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 39
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cobalt silicate


Explanation:
Existing term which seems a fair choice. Should be checked.

Heikki Särkkä
Finland
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cobalt silicate blues


Explanation:
I tried to type this in Google and it seemed to work..


    Reference: http://www.ctmsupplies.co.uk/oxides.htm
Francesca Zambelli
Netherlands
Local time: 12:45
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cobalt silicate/cobalt blue


Explanation:

Hi Kimmy,

Cobalt silicate is what gives you the colour cobalt blue.

Check this:
Cobalt silicate, cont. cobalt. Oldest known man-made cobalt blue.
You can see the colour here too:
http://www.masoncolor.com/newfiles/faq.html


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Note added at 12 mins (2006-02-01 12:23:20 GMT)
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Sorry wrong link, here you go:
http://www.kremer-pigmente.de/intl.catalog/epigmen01.htm


Jo Macdonald
Spain
Local time: 12:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 100

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nico_M_ITEN
16 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
deep cobalt blue


Explanation:
cobalt silicate is the pigment and the colour is deep cobalt blue


    Reference: http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/waterb.html
Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 12:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
This clears a lot of things up for me! Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
2 hrs
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agree  Nico_M_ITEN
16 hrs
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