rose madder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rose madder
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The pigment is rose madder, an ancient organic color that conservation studies have shown to fade very gradually in sunlight.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2015
Its walls are covered with a wobbly grid of large tiles: yellow, viridian, mauve-flecked with rose madder.
From Time Magazine Archive
A limpid beauty who would have excited Goya into mixing his rose madder, Jackie Kennedy is the quintessence of cultured, luminous young womanhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good madder marrone may be produced by adding to brown madder either rose madder, madder carmine, or Rubens' madder, with a slight portion of black or blue if required.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
French blue softened with a little lamp black is fitted for mountains or hills, very remote; and the same blue and black with rose madder meet their tints if nearer.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
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