noun
- a blue or green pigment made from basic copper carbonate
Usage: archaic; art terminology
Examples
- The medieval manuscript was illuminated with bice and gold leaf.
- Artists once used bice as a common blue pigment in their paintings.
- The restoration revealed layers of bice beneath the surface paint.
- Green bice was popular among Renaissance painters for landscape work.
- The pigment bice has largely been replaced by modern synthetic colors.