aureolin
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of aureolin
1875–80; < Latin aureol ( us ) golden, of gold ( see aureole) + -in 2
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It may likewise be safely mixed with all other pigments, the following blending very satisfactorily with the white for opaque lights—cadmium yellow, orange, and red; gamboge; aureolin; yellow ochre; vermilion; and light red.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
"Rose madder mixed with violet lake, and a touch of aureolin and Italian pink might do it!" murmured Katrine.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
For foliage tints, aureolin, French blue, and Vandyke brown, will be found of service; or as a glaze over such tints, the yellow and the brown.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
We can give it no higher praise than by saying it equals aureolin in stability, as well as in neither injuring, nor being injured by, other colours.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
With aureolin and burnt Sienna, or Vandyke brown, it affords valuable autumn greens; and with lamp black, or lamp black and light red, good stormy clouds.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
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