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Adrianople red

American  

noun

  1. a medium red color.


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Some years since Sir Henry Englefield, Bart., obtained a premium from the Society of Arts for the discovery of a fine tint drawn from Madder, called the Adrianople red.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury

In the article Madder, page 32, I mentioned having made an extract similar to the Adrianople red.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury

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