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- n. A mordant coal-tar color prepared by the gentle oxidation of gallic acid. It dyes chromium-mordanted wool a yellow which is fast to light and soap.
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In The Colorhouse
A colorhouse - a manufactory of colors for tints, dyes, pigments, paints, glazes, &c. Terms associated with the science and history of colormaking.
All sorts of things went into color...colorhouse, Turkey red, dyebath, woad, ocher, lead white, mordant, Naples yellow, zaffer, kiln, vat, pot and 298 more...
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