cobalts

Deep blue pigments

Cobalts is the plural of cobalt, a hard silvery-blue metallic element used in alloys and pigments.

The plural typically refers to multiple shades or varieties of cobalt blue: The painter's palette featured several cobalts ranging from deep to pale.

Cobalt compounds produce distinctive blue colors in glass, ceramics, and paints.

industrial

batteries

Portable energy storage units

electric vehicles · magnets · superalloys · turbines · jet engines · carbide · cutting tools · electroplating · ceramics · glass

element

metal

Hard conductive solid

  • mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
  • oreMetal-bearing rock
  • nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin

copper · atomic · periodic table · extraction · mining · smelting · refining · alloy · magnetism · transition metal

color

blue

Primary color; also sad

royal blue · navy · sapphire · brilliant · rich · intense · decorative · glaze · porcelain · tiles

pigment

blue

Primary color; also sad

cerulean · azurite · colorant · dye · artists · canvas · watercolor · oil paint · hue · tint

Opposites
color spectrum position

cobaltsoranges

Round citrus with segments

ambers · vermilions · siennas · ochres · rust

pigment source/type

cobaltsplant dyes

Colorants made from flora

indigo · madder · cochineal · natural dyes · carmine

color temperature

cobaltscadmium yellow

Bright paint pigment shade

vermilion · burnt sienna · ochres · yellow ochre · red ochre

Phrases
Family

cobalt

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G