blue glass

Tinted transparent material

Blue glass is glass that has been tinted blue, typically through the addition of cobalt oxide or other metallic compounds during manufacturing.

It appears in decorative objects, vintage bottles, stained glass windows, and collectible glassware.

The apothecary bottles were made of blue glass to protect light-sensitive medicines.

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color

blue glassamber glass

Tinted protective glassware

red glass · brown glass · clear glass · green glass

transparency/clarity

blue glassopaque glass

Translucent but not transparent

frosted glass · milk glass · clear glass · transparent glass · etched glass

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G