cadmium orange
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈkædmiəm ˈɔrɪndʒ/
- Specialized
:
naranja de cadmio
- The artist carefully blended cadmium orange into the mixture to achieve the perfect shade for her canvas.
- yellow and cadmium orange
- cadmium orange and red
- light or cadmium orange
Examples
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He mixed cadmium orange with a little white to achieve a softer shade for the background.
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The artist chose cadmium orange to add a vibrant warmth to the sunset in her painting.
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Tubed cadmium orange is popular among painters for its bright, lasting color.
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The artist prefers cadmium orange for its vibrant hue.
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I bought some cadmium oranges for my painting class.
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For the sunset painting, I decided to use cadmium orange for the sky to capture its vibrant hues.
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In her palette, cadmium orange is a staple because it gives her paintings a luminous warmth.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'cadmium' as a (metal/chemical) and 'orange' as a color can infer this refers to an orange pigment or hue derived from cadmium compounds. This follows a common material+color/pigment naming pattern (e.g., 'cadmium red', 'alizarin crimson') that is predictable across languages, so the meaning is immediately recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Cadmium orange is named after the metal cadmium and the bright orange color that metal makes when it is used in paint. Artists liked this strong, long-lasting orange, so today cadmium orange means 'a bright orange pigment used by artists'.