1. 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• The pigment bice has largely been replaced by modern synthetic colors.