Pigments through the Ages

              
/ kad • mee • uhm   are • inj /
Cadmium orange
 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  Brief description of Cadmium orange:   
       Cadmium sulfide can be made in various shades ranging from very light yellow to deep orange. It has very high hiding power and good permanence. 

  Names for Cadmium orange:   
        
Pronounciation:
kad • mee • uhm   are • inj
Word origin:
The name "Cadmium orange" comes from Latin cadmia = zinc ore calamine, from Greek kadmeia = Cadmean earth, first found near Thebes, city founded by the Phoenician prince Cadmus..
Non-English names:
 German  
 
 French  
 
 Italian 
 Cadmiumorange 
 n/a 
 n/a 
Chemical name:
Cadmium(II)-sulfide

  

  Source of Cadmium orange:   
        

greenockite

Minerals: greenockite and hawleyite (at Mineralogy Database)


Other oranges        
(intro) - Cadmium orange - Chrome orange - Orpiment        

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