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1876 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 234 The contamination of the printed cotton with iron is thus prevented, and only the pure alumina lake, that is to say, the pure alizarin-red, remains upon the cotton.

1877 W. Crookes tr. G. Auerbach Anthracen 202 The rose shades produced by purpurin and its hydrate are equally fast, and are obtained in the same manner as an alizarin-rose.

1893 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. 24 122 Curiously, it [sc. Prussian blue] fades in six weeks when mixed with raw sienna, or with that new color, alizarin crimson.

1900–1 Kynoch Jrnl. Dec.–Jan. 36/2 The use of picric acid as a dye has been superseded by the use of alizarine and naphtol yellows.

1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) lv. 831 Galleïn or alizarin violet, from gallic acid and phthalic anhydride, is 1:9-dihydroxyfluoresceïn.

1954 Archit. Rev. 115 286/2 It makes a particularly good textured background for pictures, and is manufactured in six colours: natural, light corn, tobacco, strawberry, alizarin green and egyptian green.

1962 Listener 11 Jan. 76/1 A fortress of almost vertical rocks..burnt umber and alizarin red.

1993 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Dec. 15/1 A mixture of alizarin violet and burnt umber is applied dry, in a circular motion, to create texture on the panelling.

2007 Indianapolis Monthly Dec. 86/2 To create what I think of as my run-of-the-mill skin tone, she used a dozen or more disparate colors including Naples yellow, Alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue.