Pigments through the Ages

              
/ krome   yel • low /
Chrome yellow
 		  
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use		  
  3. Making the
pigment		  
  4. Technical
details		  
  
  Brief description of Chrome yellow:   
       Relatively inexpensive yellow pigment with high covering power but with only fair lightfastness and chemical stability. 

  Names for Chrome yellow:   
        
Pronounciation:
krome   yel • low
Word origin:
The name "Chrome yellow" comes from Greek khroma = color.
Non-English names:
 German  
  
 French  
  
 Italian 
 Chromgelb 
 jaune de chrôme 
 giallo de cromo 
Chemical name:
lead(II)-chromate

A painted swatch of Chrome yellow:

  

  Source of Chrome yellow:   
        
Chrome yellow is artificially prepared, but is identical to the rare mineral:

crocoite

identical with the rare mineral crocoite (at Mineralogy Database)


Other yellows        
(intro) - - cadmium yellow - chrome yellow - Cobalt yellow - Indian yellow      
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