chrome yellow

American

noun

any of several yellow pigments in shades from lemon to deep orange, composed chiefly of chromates of lead, barium, or zinc.

chrome yellow British

noun

any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate

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Etymology

Origin of chrome yellow

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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Sedum spathulifolium ‘Cape Blanco’ has silvery gray leaves and produces sprays of chrome yellow flowers in late June.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2022

We imagine the glorious effect when all the daffodils are nodding in the sun, bright as chrome yellow yield signs.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2022

For example, the solubility of the artist’s pigment chrome yellow, PbCrO4, is 4.6 10–6 g/L. Determine the solubility product for PbCrO4.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

There are the products of nineteenth-century chemical innovation—viridian green, cadmium orange, and the chrome yellow with which van Gogh was infatuated but which, over time, has begun to darken his sunflowers.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

His paintings are great impastos of pigment: chrome yellow, Prussian blue, vermilion, carmine, very light cinnabar green, emerald green, Veronese green, orange, lemon chrome yellow, geranium lake, silver white, zinc white....

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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