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Definition of "butter-yellow" []

  • A monoazo coal-tar color produced by combining diazotized aniline with dimethylaniline. It is used for coloring butter, oils, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "butter-yellow" in a sentence
  • "At her words, they turned and advanced towards them, large, rainbow-coloured, metallic guns clutched in butter-yellow gloves."
  • "His apartment was neutral, masculine gray, so the butter-yellow chair was jarring."
  • "Are we expected to connect the chairs somehow with the bees in the park, with their butter-yellow pollen?"