Madder

(mad'dur.) [A.S mædere.] (Bot.) See RUBIA. -(Paint.) Several valuable pigments of different colors are prepared from the coloring matter of the root of Rubia tinct or i a; and po e qualities which render them exceedingly valuable to the painter. They are transparent and permanent, working equally well both in water and in oil. The colors vary from the lightest and most delicate rose to the deepest purple, and are known as rose-madder, pink-madder, madder carmine, purple-madder, brown-madder, intense madder purple, and orange madder-lake. Made ga y, (mad-e-kas'se.) (Geog.) A native or in hab. of the island of Madagascar, q. v. [s. 566]