Citrine (colour) Citrine (colour) Citrine is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as yellow, greenish-yellow, brownish yellow or orange. The original reference point for the citrine colour was the citron fruit. The first recorded use of "citrine" as a colour in English was in 1386. It was borrowed from a medieval Latin and classical Latin word with the same meaning. In late medieval and early modern English the citrine colour-name was applied in a wider variety of contexts
Yemenite Hebrew (), instead of "rūbeh/rabah" (), saying with a play on words: “The members of Isse's household would say in the name of Isse: Why is it called "dūkeh"? It is because she pounds [the spiced ingredients] with him.” The Hebrew word for "pound" is "dakh" (), which rules out the spelling of " "rabah" " (), as found in the printed editions. Today, the Jews of Yemen, in their vernacular of Hebrew, still call the "charoseth" by the name "dūkeh". Other quintessential Hebrew words which have been preserved by the Jews of Yemen is their manner of calling a receipt