MADDER LAKE


Meaning of MADDER LAKE in English

1. a strong purple-red color.

2. a pigment of this color formerly obtained from the madder root, characterized chiefly by lack of permanence. Cf. rose madder, alizarin .

[ 1815-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .