- bluing: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- bluing: a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
- Coating a lens with an anti-reflective coating. Since the reflective losses are minimized at about 550 nanometer (wavelength of green light to which the human eye is the most sensitive), the coated lens appears to be blueish, since the green part of the light is not reflected anymore and hence ...
- The process of creating a gun-blue finish on steel through the application of an acid solution or chemical salts that artificially induces rust. ...
- A mold blemish in the form of a blue oxide film which occurs on the polished surface of a mold as a result of the use of abnormally high mold temperatures.
- Subjecting the scale-free surface of a steel to the action of air, steam, or other agents at a suitable temperature, thus forming a thin blue film of oxide and improving the appearance and resistance to corrosion.
- Heat treating a piece of armour in order to produce a "blue" oxidized finish. The process involved super heating the armour to a certain temperature, then cooling in oil or water.
- Increasing the apparent whiteness of a white pigment or paint by adding a trace of blue