'Naples yellow' definitions:
Definition of 'Naples yellow'
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- Naples yellow \Na"ples yel"low\ See under Yellow. [1913 Webster] Napoleon
Definition of 'Naples yellow'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A yellow pigment. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]