'Patent yellow' definitions:

Definition of 'Patent 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]