Orpiment - overview

/ or • puh • munt /
Orpiment

1. Overview

2. History
of use

3. Making the
pigment

4. Technical
details



Brief description of Orpiment:

       A rich lemon or canary yellow with fair covering power and good chemical stability.

Names for Orpiment:



Pronounciation:

or • puh • munt

Alternative names:

King's yellow

Word origin:

The name "Orpiment" comes from Latin auripigmentum, in allusion to the vivid golden hue..

Non-English names:

German

French

Italian

Auripigment, Operment, Königsgelb, Rauschgelb

orpiment, jaune royal

orpimento

Chemical name:

Yellow arsenic sulfide

A painted swatch of Orpiment:

Source of Orpiment:

Natural mineral (at Mineralogy Database) found throughout the world as a low-temperature product of hydrothermal veins, hot-spring deposits, and volcanic sublimation.

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