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Indian yellow

noun

  1. Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
  2. Painting.
    1. Also called purree. a yellow pigment formerly derived from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves.
    2. a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its yellow color and permanence.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Indian yellow1

First recorded in 1865–70

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