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mosaic gold

mosaic gold

9.9
A bright yellow powder used to make art and frames look like gold
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : oro mosaico
  • Restorers carefully matched the original mosaic gold finish on the antique mirror.

Examples

  • The artist used mosaic gold to highlight the ornate details of the frame.

  • She preferred mosaic gold over traditional gold leaf for its rich yellow hue.

  • The artist used mosaic gold to enhance the painting's brilliance.

  • Did you see the mosaic gold used in the mural?

  • The artist used mosaic gold to create a glowing effect in his latest painting.

  • She chose mosaic gold for the decorative trim because of its vibrant color.

  • The restorer applied mosaic gold to recreate the original sheen of the historic artwork.

Synonyms

stannic sulfide
vsmosaic gold
  • Specialized
9.5

A yellow solid made of crystals used to colour lacquer and ceramics

is used mainly for gilding and decorative painting rather than ceramic work

Surface Forms

mosaic gold singular
mosaic golds plural

Morphology

mosaic + gold

The noun is compositionally understandable to some extent: 'gold' signals a golden/yellow material and 'mosaic' suggests an association with decorative work, so a learner could plausibly infer a decorative gold-like substance or pigment. However, the precise senses — that it is a specific bright yellow pigment (often tin(IV) sulfide) used in gilding rather than actual metallic gold — are technical and not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Mosaic gold may come from the bright yellow powder looking like tiny pieces of real gold set in a mosaic. Artists used it to give a gold-like shine to pictures and frames, so today the phrase means the bright yellow pigment used to 'imitate gold'.