Aureolin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite. uncountable

    "In preparing a palette for it the colors used were aureolin, cobalt, crimson-lake, yellow ochre, brown ochre, raw sienna, burnt sienna, light-red […]"

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colorpigmentyellow

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"In preparing a palette for it the colors used were aureolin, cobalt, crimson-lake, yellow ochre, brown ochre, raw sienna, burnt sienna, light-red […]"

Etymology

From Latin aureolus + suffix -in.

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