aureolin

American  

[aw-ree-uh-lin, uh-ree-] / ɔˈri ə lɪn, əˈri- /

noun

1. a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.

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Other Word Forms

• aureoline
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of aureolin

1875–80; < Latin aureol ( us ) golden, of gold ( see aureole) + -in ²

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Example Sentences

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aureolin

Ultramarine, our purest blue, reflects red rays as well as blue rays; aureolin, our purest yellow, reflects blue as well as yellow rays; and carmine reflects yellow as well as red rays.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

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

With aureolin the black furnishes a sober olive for foliage, and with rose madder a fine colour for the stems and branches of trees.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

Pale cadmium yellow with or without aureolin, is adapted for golden sunsets, and yields with French blue a beautiful sea-green.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

Having in common with cadmium sulphides a certain amount of transparency, it is invaluable for gorgeous sunsets and the like, either alone or compounded with aureolin.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

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