rose madder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rose madder
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Cutuli uses the root of “rubia tinctorum,” or rose madder, for the famous Pompeiian red.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
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
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
Its walls are covered with a wobbly grid of large tiles: yellow, viridian, mauve-flecked with rose madder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marked by a peculiar softness, and an unusual clearness in its pale washes, rose madder affords the most perfect carnation tints known.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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