Chinese yellow

Chinese yellow (estimated)
color code: # ffff10

Chinese yellow is a common name for

• the legendary yellow of the Emperor of China , which was reserved for him only, and
• expensive yellow dyes, especially cambogia (Gamboge), under certain circumstances, Indian yellow , which regards China (mostly Canton and Shanghai were traded).

The name for two brightly beautiful but highly toxic yellow pigments can be found in literature:

• Arsenic (III) sulfide , the aura pigment
• Lead (II) chloride , also known as Kasseler yellow

The name can also be found for particularly beautiful ocher .

See also

• Chinese red, vermilion, cinnabarite - traded via China since the Middle Ages, only made in Europe from 1778.