naples yellow

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naples yellow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Naples yellow \Na"ples yel"low\
     See under Yellow.
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  Yellow \Yel"low\, n.
     1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any
        other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum
        which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat
        guarded with yellow." --Shak.
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     2. A yellow pigment.
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     Cadmium yellow, Chrome yellow, Indigo yellow, King's yellow
     , etc. See under Cadmium, Chrome, etc.
  
     Naples yellow, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil,
        porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead
        metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic
        lead nitrate, and common salt.
  
     Patent yellow (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting
        essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also
        Turner's yellow.
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