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chrome yellow
noun
- any of several yellow pigments in shades from lemon to deep orange, composed chiefly of chromates of lead, barium, or zinc.
chrome yellow
noun
- any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chrome yellow1
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Example Sentences
Still, the best way would be not to try to make a green of Prussian blue and chrome yellow.
Frequently the ground colour is a bright yellow, for which they employ chrome-yellow, obtained from the trader.
The great spreading lip has a gamboge throat fading to chrome-yellow, intersected with lines of bright crimson.
The chrome green of the oil and colour shops is a mixture of chrome yellow and Prussian green.
Some of the insoluble chromates are used as pigments; chromate of lead or chrome-yellow is the most important.
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