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cadmium yellow

cadmium yellow

1 8.3
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
  • noun
  • /ˈkædmiəm ˈjɛloʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : amarillo cadmio
  • The artist chose cadmium yellow to create vibrant sunflowers in her painting.
  • cadmium yellow light
  • cadmium yellow medium
  • cadmium yellow deep

Examples

  • And so I decided to pick up three more colors, Dark cadmium red, middle cadmium yellow, and Prussian blue.

  • "Okay, I tried with my cadmium yellow n4 (check on the link I sent, it's the labeled n3:

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  • Al Azarian Crimson, titanium white, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue, cadmium yellow light, the colors aren't exactly the same.

  • Many painters prefer cadmium yellow for its bright and opaque quality.

  • Mixing cadmium yellow with other colors can yield a wide range of vibrant shades.

How Bright

lemon yellow
3 2.5
cadmium yellow
  • Specialized
1 8.3
cadmium yellow pale
  • Specialized
9.7

Surface Forms

cadmium yellow singular
cadmium yellows plural

Morphology

cadmium + yellow

The term combines 'cadmium' (the metal / pigment source) with 'yellow' (a color), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes the yellow pigment made from cadmium compounds. This material+color naming pattern is compositional and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly recoverable from the parts.

Etymology

Cadmium yellow gets its name from the metal cadmium. In the 1800s artists used a bright, lasting yellow made from that metal, so the name now means a strong, vivid 'yellow' used in painting.