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Definition of Lemon yellow
1. Noun. A strong yellow color.
Medical Definition of Lemon yellow
1. A fine yellow powder used in paints and dyes. Synonym: lead chromate, Leipzig yellow, lemon yellow, Paris yellow. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemon Yellow
Literary usage of Lemon yellow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... prisms of translucent lemon-yellow color. Its specific gravity is 3.45, and
its hardness 1.5-2. It is very poisonous. It was formerly used as a pigment ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1872)
"Vertex dark purple, with pale lemon yellow intermixed , antennae pale lemon
yellow, faintly annulate with purple at the base, towards the apex purple, ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"... oxalate of the protoxide as a lemon-yellow powder. In sunlight it effervesces
violently. The indigo ray Is especially active in producing this effect, ..."
4. The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and (1867)
"lemon yellow.—Realgar and orpiment. Some object to this mixture, on account of
the poisonous nature of the ingredients. The same colour can be obtained by ..."
5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1859)
"... lemon-yellow powder. In sunlight it effervesces violently. The indigo ray is
especially active in producing this effect, and undergoes absorption in ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... lemon-yellow when ripe, with a prominently glandular-dotted peel, often more
or less rough and moderately thick; pulp very abundant, ..."
7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"General color bluish-black, variegated with orange-vermilion, orange, lemon-yellow
and apple-green. Head ornamented with orange vermilion on the posterior ..."
8. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"... lemon-yellow, posterior tibia; and tarsi more or less dusky ; abdomen same
form as in preceding species, with the first segment similarly sculptured; ..."
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