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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BICE (from Fr. bis, a word of doubtful origin, meaning dark-coloured)  , a
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term erroneously applied in
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English to particular shades of green or blue pigments from the French terms vert bis and azur bis, dark green or blue . These colours are generally prepared from basic copper
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carbonates, but sometimes from
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ultramarine and other pigments .

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