cadmium orange

noun

Definition of cadmium orange

1 : an orange-hued cadmium-yellow pigment
2 : a strong orange that is yellower, lighter, and stronger than pumpkin, redder, stronger, and slightly darker than cadmium yellow, and yellower, lighter, and stronger than mandarin orange

called also marigold

First Known Use of cadmium orange

circa 1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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