chrome yellow

1. 1.

   any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds

   Broaderpigment

Questions about chrome yellow

What does chrome yellow mean?

chrome yellow means "any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds".

Is chrome yellow a common word?

chrome yellow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.