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pukepoto

1. (noun) dark blue, cobalt blue, navy, dark-blue earth - used as a pigment.

He momo uku te taioma, ka tahuna, ka pehua, ka konatua ki te hinu kia puta te momo hinu tā, kīia ai ko taioma. Waihoki, tērā te pukepoto, he hinu kikorangi te tae (Te Ara 2012). / Taioma is a type of clay that was created by burning and pulverising, then mixing it with oil so that a type of paint, called taioma, resulted. Likewise, pukepoto was a cobalt blue colour.

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Synonyms: tauā moana, ōrangiuri

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