A blue colour works (
German: Blaufarbenwerke) is a
paintworks where blue
pigment for use in
glassmaking is produced. Usually the
pigment,
cobalt blue, needed for this purpose, was manufactured from cobalt-containing
ore as in the case of the factories listed below.
Oberschlema Blue Colour Works (Blaufarbenwerk Oberschlema) (founded 1644) in
Oberschlema, according to some sources this was the largest blue colour works in the world
Schneeberg Blue Colour Works (Blaufarbenwerk Schneeberg) (1568 to around 1580) in
Schneeberg, the first small blue colour works in Saxony
Unterjugel Blue Colour Works (Blaufarbenwerk Unterjugel), 17th century, in
Unterjugel