madder
noun
any plant of the genus Rubia, especially the climbing R. tinctorum, of Europe, having open clusters of small, yellowish flowers.
madders
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pluralof madder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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By reference to the plates you will see that the madders are practically the same as the lakes in color when first used.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
If the madders are in themselves sound colours, as I have always understood them to be, how do they lose their permanence by burning?
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
There is nothing for it but to pay twice as much and buy the madders.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
The madders cost about twice as much as the lakes; but you must pay the difference, for the lakes cannot be made to stand, and you must have the color.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
Opaque and Transparent Colors.—Some colors, like the madders, have a jelly-like consistency when mixed with oil, others, the earths among them, are dense and opaque.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
