Indian yellow

Indian yellow
1. Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
2. Painting.
a. Also called purree. a yellow pigment formerly derived from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves.
b. a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its yellow color and permanence.
[1865-70]

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