cobalt
noun /ˈkəʊbɔːlt/
/ˈkəʊbɔːlt/
[uncountable]- (symbol Co)a chemical element. Cobalt is a hard silver-white metal, often mixed with other metals and used to give a deep blue-green colour to glass.
Topics Physics and chemistryc2钴 - (also cobalt blue)a deep blue-green colour
Topics Colours and Shapesc2深蓝色;钴蓝 More Like This Colour compoundsColour compounds- baby blue
- china-blue
- cobalt blue
- electric blue
- ice-blue
- midnight blue
- navy blue
- peacock blue
- petrol blue
- powder blue
- royal blue
- sky-blue
- blood-red
- cherry red
- pillar-box red
- wine red
- bottle-green
- emerald green
- jade green
- lime green
- olive-green
- pea-green
- sea-green
- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- coal-black
- jet black
- pitch-black
- charcoal grey
- iron-grey
- slate-grey
- rose pink
- salmon pink
- shocking pink
- nut-brown
词源late 17th cent.: from German Kobalt ‘imp, demon’ (from the belief that cobalt was harmful to the ores with which it occurred).