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Naples yellow

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Yellow \Yel"low\, n.
   1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any
      other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum
      which is between the orange and green. ``A long motley
      coat guarded with yellow.'' --Shak.

   2. A yellow pigment.

   {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's
   yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc.

   {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil,
      porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead
      metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic
      lead nitrate, and common salt.

   {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting
      essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also
      {Turner's yellow}.

Naples yellow \Na"ples yel"low\
   See under {Yellow}.
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