concrete. A pigment or dye of a yellow colour; a paint or other colouring matter containing this. Frequently with prefixed modifying word.

An earth (perhaps similar to ochre) used as a pigment; (perhaps) a pigment which has a speckled or mottled appearance when applied.

Μοre fully yellow arsenic: see yellow arsenic, n. 1. Arsenic trisulphide, As2S3, a bright yellow solid obtained as a mineral and formerly used as a…

More fully yellow orpiment. Arsenic trisulphide, As2S3, a bright yellow mineral of the monoclinic system which occurs naturally as prismatic…

A bright yellow mineral, the trisulphide of arsenic (As2S3), used by painters under the name of King's Yellow. Cf. arsenic, n. 1a.

The colour of any of these substances; esp. a pale brownish yellow.

A yellowish or greenish-yellow lake pigment made by combining a vegetable colouring matter with a white base, such as a metallic oxide. Also †pink-…

The yellow, orthorhombic form of lead monoxide as it occurs naturally, used as a pigment. Cf. litharge, n. 1.

A brownish-yellow variety of ochre containing limonite, typically used as a pigment; the colour of this; a pigment or paint of this colour.

The yellow mineral or pigment orpiment. Also figurative. Obsolete.

(a) orpiment; (b) powdered gold suspended in honey for use as a pigment.

Ochre of a yellow-brown shade; = spruce ochre n. at compounds 1. Obsolete.

A fine yellow pigment (see quots.).

(a) n. arsenic trisulphide used as a dye or artist's pigment (now chiefly historical); cf. orpiment, n. 1 yellow arsenic, n. 1 (b) adj. of the…

a yellow pigment used in painting, originally made in Naples and consisting of lead antimonate, but now frequently a mixture of white zinc oxide and…

A yellow pigment (see quots.).

(a) any of various earthy materials, esp. pigments, of a yellow colour; yellow ochre; a yellowish variety of bole; (b) a yellowish loess occurring in…

a toxic yellow pigment consisting of a basic mercury sulphate; = turpeth mineral n. at turpeth, n. 2; cf. (in different sense) king's yellow n. adj.…

A salt of chromic acid; e.g. chromate of lead, PbCrO4, much used as a yellow pigment.

the neutral chromate of lead (PbCrO4), used as a yellow pigment; also attributive.

a form of yellow ochre formerly obtained from deposits at Shotover, near Oxford.

(the colour of) a bright orange-yellow pigment originally apparently obtained from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves, and consisting mainly…

= Dutch pink n. at Dutch, adj. n.1adv. compounds 1b.

Painting. Turner's yellow, lead oxychloride (see Turner, n.3).

Used attrib. and in the possessive to designate a yellow pigment patented by James Turner in 1781; = mineral yellow n. at mineral, adj. special…

= quercitron yellow n.

cadmium yellow (alone or in a mixture with white lead).

a toxic, yellow, water-insoluble powder, ZnCrO4, used as a pigment.

a yellow, water-insoluble powder, ZnS, used as a pigment and as a phosphor.

gold pigment for applying with a brush.

a yellow carotenoid pigment found in the plumage of certain birds.

= Oxford ochre n.

A transparent yellow pigment.

an intense yellow pigment, consisting of cadmium sulphide, artificially prepared.

Used attributively to designate various pigments, as Cassel brown n. = Cassel earth n. Cassel earth n. a brown prepared from impure lignite…

= Naples yellow n. at Naples, n. 5.

= zinc yellow n. below.

A yellow or orange Mars colour (see compounds 2). Obsolete. rare.

(see quot. 1960).