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alizarin [əˈlɪzərɪn] n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a brownish-yellow powder or orange-red crystalline solid used as a dye and in the manufacture of other dyes. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2 [probably from French alizarine, probably from Arabic al-`asārah the juice, from `asara to squeeze] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| That night was a
drapery of colors, prussian blues, thalo green, manganese, peppered
with a rose madder that somehow deepened into a rich spray of
alizarin crimsons, cadmium reds and flashes of cobalt. Classical
organic pigments with lower fastness properties than the
high-performance types include 2B Red, pyrazolone reds and oranges,
diarylide yellow, Red Lake C, alizarin maroon and lithol rubine. |
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