Yellow berries

Description

Name for unripe berries from various species of buckthorn (Rhamus) that are used to make a yellow lake commonly called Dutch pink.

See buckthorn berries

Synonyms and Related Terms

yellow berry; buckthorn berries; Persian berries

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000