rose madder

rose madder ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a pigment derived from anthraquinone and hydrated oxide of aluminum, characterized chiefly by its reddish color and permanence: used in painting.Compare madder lake(def 2).

Origin of rose madder First recorded in 1885–90 Examples from the Web for rose madder Historical Examples of rose madder

The blaze threw shifting dashes of carmine on her cheeks and heightened the rose-madder of her lips.

The Portal of Dreams

Charles Neville Buck

Athwart the western sky the after-glow of a drenched sunset lay like a wash of rose-madder.

The Black Bag

Louis Joseph Vance