Indian yellow
Americannoun
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Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
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Painting.
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Also called purree. a yellow pigment formerly derived from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves.
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a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its yellow color and permanence.
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Etymology
Origin of Indian yellow
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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The walls of her living room are painted a warm, deep Indian yellow.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015
"Is this Indian yellow?" he asks, pointing to the pigment on her jacket.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2013
Indian yellow was said to be made like this, though some accounts say it was camel or elephant urine, or that they were fed turmeric.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2013
In the 19th century, analysis suggested samples of Indian yellow were ordinary vegetable dye.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2013
Of a soft golden hue, lustrous and luminous, it resembles a brilliant and somewhat opaque Indian yellow.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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