cinnabar green

cinnabar green
noun
1. : a mixture of Prussian blue and chrome yellow
2. : the color of the cinnabar-green mixture : deep chrome green

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  • Green cinnabar — Cinnabar Cin na*bar, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cinnabar — Cin na*bar, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cinnabar Graecorum — Cinnabar Cin na*bar, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cinnabar Graecorum — dragon drag on (dr[a^]g [u^]n), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. dra kwn, prob. fr. de rkesqai, dra kein, to look (akin to Skr. dar[,c] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • green cinnabar — noun 1. : a green pigment consisting of fired oxides of cobalt and zinc 2. : a pigment consisting of chrome yellow and Prussian blue * * * Chem. See chromic oxide …   Useful english dictionary

  • deep chrome green — noun : a green that is yellower and duller than holly green (sense 1) or golf green, yellower and less strong than average hunter green distinguished from light chrome green and medium chrome green; called also cinnabar green, Milori green, silk… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hepatic cinnabar — Cinnabar Cin na*bar, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • green cinnabar — Chem. See chromic oxide. * * * …   Universalium

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