sil
A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
Noun
- A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
- Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil. - 2017, Pier Luigi Tucci, The Temple of Peace in Rome, page 278:
Origin
From Latin sil (“a kind of yellow earth, ochre”).