sulphine yellow

noun

sul·​phine yellow

ˈsəlˌfēn-

: a dark grayish to dark yellow that is slightly darker than pyrite yellow and very slightly lighter and stronger than bister green

Word History

Etymology

sulphine from obsolete English sulphine compound containing sulfur, from English sulf- + -ine

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