cadmium yellow

noun

1. a pigment used in painting, consisting of cadmium sulfide and characterized by its strong yellow color and permanence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadmium yellow¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Sulphide of cadmium is used as a pigment (cadmium yellow); and the metal and some of its salts are useful reagents.

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Cadmium yellow may easily be mistaken for chrome yellow, and crimson Lake for permanent crimson.

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

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The older types of colouring matter—such as cadmium yellow, ochres, vermilion, umbers—have been superseded.

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Cadmium yellow is composed of cadmium and sulphur—white lead of lead and carbonic acid.

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