aureolin

noun

aureolin

noun

Etymology From Latin aureolus + suffix -in.

1

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

In preparing a palette for it the colors used were aureolin, cobalt, crimson-lake, yellow ochre, brown ochre, raw sienna, burnt sienna, light-red […]1892, The Art of Drawing and Painting:

Related terms: aureole, oriole

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