king's yellow

noun Chemistry.

See under arsenic trisulfide.

Words nearby king's yellow

king's remembrancer, king's scout, king's shilling, king's speech, king's weather, king's yellow, king's-pawn openings, king, martin luther, jr., king-hit, king-of-arms, king-of-the-salmon

Definition for king's yellow (2 of 2)

arsenic trisulfide

noun Chemistry.

a yellow or red crystalline substance, As2S3, occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.

Origin of arsenic trisulfide

First recorded in 1905–10