zinc-yellowhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zinc-yellow_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezinc yellow, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zinc yellownoun

  1. 1847–
    A greenish-yellow pigment consisting principally of zinc chromate.
    1. 1847
    2. 1901
      Zinc yellow may be prepared by the immediate precipitation of a solution of zinc sulphate by a solution of potassium chromate.
      A. C. Wright, translation of Bersch, Manuf. Mineral & Lake Pigments xiv. 152
    3. 1974
      Zinc yellow has a greenish cast because of a high content of chromic oxide.
      Encyclopædia Britannica Macropædia vol. XIII. 889/1

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, n.

zinc, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.