单词 | indian red |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian red Indian red n. (the colour of) a deep red pigment originally obtained from earth containing ferric oxide, now chiefly prepared by roasting ferrous salts; cf. red ochre n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > earths as colouring matter red stoneeOE red eartheOE redding1292 raddlea1350 ruddle1353 rubric?1440 red ochre1481 sinoper1501 red1538 red chalk1538 sinople1548 terra sigillata1563 almagre1598 majolica1598 minium1613 orell1614 reddle1648 India red1668 Indian red1672 riddle1681 smit1728 Persian earth1735 red marl1748 abraum1753 Terra Sienna1760 tivera1825 kokowai1836 sinopia1844 sinopis1857 1672 W. Salmon Polygraphice 178 For a Scarlet. Take Vermilion, and deepen it with Lake or Indian Red. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Red Indian Red, a name used by the colourmen and painters for a kind of purple ochre, brought from the island of Ormus in the Persian gulf. 1828 Times 10 Apr. 4/4 (advt.) The stock consists of various ground and dry colours, white lead, verdigris in pots, chrome yellow, Indian red. 1904 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music 216 The extreme under parts and under tail-coverts washed with faint Indian red. 1958 M. L. Wolf Dict. Painting 142 The red iron oxides found as natural deposits include Indian red, light red,..and others of lesser importance. 2004 Independent 16 Mar. (Review section) 13/5 Shifting tones of cadmium, alizarin or Indian red create a seductive rectangle of pulsating colour. < as lemmas |
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