jaune brillant

noun

jaune bril·​lant
variants or less commonly jaune brilliant
¦zhōnbrē¦(y)äⁿ
plural jaunes brillants
-äⁿ(z)
: any of several yellow pigments used especially as artists' colors: such as
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: cadmium sulfide either alone or in a mixture (as a cadmium yellow)

Word History

Etymology

French jaune brillant, literally, brilliant yellow

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“Jaune brillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaune%20brillant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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