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alizarin crimson

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Definition of alizarin crimson

: rose madder sense 2b Orr often primes her canvases with lead white, which she says creates a luminosity underneath the paint. She uses small sable brushes and a palette that includes titanium white, … alizarin crimson, … and yellow ochre.— M. Stephen Doherty, American Artist, December 1992

First Known Use of alizarin crimson

1893, in the meaning defined above

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