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

Etymology

Origin of aureolin

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

Example Sentences

For example, there may be formed from the primaries, a compound of aureolin, rose madder, and ultramarine; or from the secondaries, a mixture of cadmium orange, viridian, and madder purple.

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

With all other colours aureolin mixes safely and readily, forming combinations of the utmost variety and value.

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

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 Salter, Thomas

A gorgeous and durable substitute for that fugitive pigment is produced by compounding the orient with aureolin, or by using the latter as a glaze.

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

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 Salter, Thomas