A transparent yellow lake pigment used since the 16th century. It was initially extracted from unripe buckthorn berries (rhamnetin), and later from oak bark (quercitron).
Other names:
Schijtgeel (Dutch), schitgèèl (Dutch), schitgeel (Dutch), lake yellow (English), pinke (English), ancorca (Spanish for ocre), arzica (Greek), azicha (Greek), giallo santo (Italian), pincke (English), pynck (English), pynke (English), scheijtgeel (Dutch), Schietgelb (German), Schitt Gelb (German), Schüttgelb (German), English pink (English), Italian pink (English), stil de grain brun (French), stil de grain vert (French)