Naples yellow

American  

noun

1. a poisonous pigment used in painting and enameling, consisting chiefly of lead antimoniate and characterized by its fugitive yellow color, rapid drying rate, and strong film-forming properties.

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Naples yellow British  

noun

1. a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate

2. a similar pigment consisting of a mixture of zinc oxide with yellow colouring matter

3. the colour of either of these pigments

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Etymology

Origin of Naples yellow

1730–40; so called because originally manufactured in Naples, Italy

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Naples yellow

I dreamed a dream last night, and in my dream I was walking along the bund and came upon an elderly gentleman laying Naples yellow on a canvas with a trowel.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

As its name denotes, was likewise a preparation of that metal, of a deeper colour than Naples yellow, but similar in its properties.

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

The tints of Naples yellow are readily and accurately imitated by admixture of deep cadmium yellow and white.

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

The same colour can be obtained by mixing yellow-pink with Naples yellow; but it is then only fit for distemper.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

Naples yellow was a very prominent pigment with the older painters.

From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh