cadmium sulfide

noun

1. a light yellow or orange, water-insoluble powder, CdS, used chiefly as a pigment in paints, inks, and ceramic glazes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadmium sulfide¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The bright yellow paint these artists used was made from the chemical compound cadmium sulfide.

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The government contends the zinc cadmium sulfide sprayed to simulate what would happen in a biological weapons attack was harmless.

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While studying the new element, he ended up creating the bright yellow solid cadmium sulfide, remarking that it “promises to be useful in painting.”

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This new understanding of the artwork may inform the preservation of other paintings by Munch’s contemporaries, such as Matisse and van Gogh, which also contain decaying cadmium sulfide pigments.

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Over time, with exposure, the yellow cadmium sulfide has oxidized into two white chemical compounds, cadmium sulfate and cadmium carbonate.

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