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

a

: naples yellow sense 1a

b

: 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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