Indian yellow - overview

/ in • dee • uhn yel • low /
Indian yellow

1. Overview

2. History
of use

3. Making the
pigment

4. Technical
details



Brief description of Indian yellow:

       Clear, deep and luminescent yellow pigment.

Names for Indian yellow:



Pronounciation:

in • dee • uhn yel • low

Alternative names:

snowshoe yellow

Non-English names:

German

French

Italian

Indischgelb

jaune indien

giallo indiano

Chemical name:

magnesium euxanthate (magnesium salt of euxanthic acid)

A painted swatch of Indian yellow:

Source of Indian yellow:

Derived from urine of cows that had been fed mango leaves

Other yellows
(intro) - - cadmium yellow - chrome yellow - Cobalt yellow - Indian yellow
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