Substance, such as indigo, used to whiten material such as textile or paper, or to give it a blue tint.

bluing(P,,U,English-P,D,U,N)
blueing(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
blauwsel(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
empavonado(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
上藍(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
上藍劑(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
shang lan(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
shàng lán(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
shang lan(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Materials Facet
........Materials (Hierarchy Name)
............materials (matter)
................<materials by function>
....................bluing

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Materials Facet
........Materials (Hierarchy Name)
............materials (matter)
................<materials by function>
....................colorant (material)
........................dye
............................<dye by composition or origin>
................................synthetic dye
....................................bluing

activity/event needing/produced by is....	tinting
activity/event needing/produced by is....	whitening

Dutch....	Stoffen, zoals indigo, die worden gebruikt om materialen als textiel of papier te bleken of een blauwe tint te geven.
Spanish....	Sustancia, tal como el índigo, utilizada para blanquear materiales como textiles o papel o para darle un tinte azulado.
Chinese (traditional)....	例如靛藍染料等物質，用來漂白紡織品或紙張之類材料，或將其染上藍色調。

bluing............	[VP]
.................	Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1986) 612
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)
.................	Candidate term Candidate term -- BHA -- 3/97
blueing............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)
blauwsel............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
empavonado............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Rico y Martínez, Diccionario Técnico Akal de conservación y restauración de bienes culturales, español-alemán-inglés-italiano-francés (2003) 498
上藍............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 March 7, 2012
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1999)

Getty AAT: 300263384 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300263384
ASDC Union Catalog： bluing 、blueing 、blauwsel 、empavonado 、上藍 、上藍劑 、shang lan 、shàng lán 、shang lan