terra rosan.
/ˈtɛrə ˈrəʊzə/ Painting.
A light red colour of paint similar to Venetian red.
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1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 360/3 Colors for Artists..Gold Ochre,..Terra Rosa, Terre Verte.
1935 Winsor & Newton's Sales Man. 56 Colours which may be regarded..inflexible under all conditions of Oil Painting..Terra Rosa.
1973 F. Taubes Painter's Dict. 224 Terra rosa is a very light Iron Oxide Red of relatively slight Tinting Strength. For all practical purposes, this color is interchangeable with Terra di Pozzuoli.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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