cadmium orange

noun

a yellow color approaching orange.

Origin of cadmium orange

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First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby cadmium orange

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How to use cadmium orange in a sentence

The color of the gills is orange to cadmium orange, or sometimes paler, cadmium yellow or deep chrome.
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