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Inorganic pigments

Cerulean

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

This term may be applied to a range of colours from deep blue, sky-blue, bright blue or azure colour through greenish blue colors. The first recorded use of cerulean as a colour name in English was ...

Chrome orange

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Chrome orange, also known as chrome red, is an orange pigment which consists of lead(II) chromate and lead(II) oxide. (PbCrO4 and PbO). Chrome orange can be made by precipitating lead(II) together ...

Chromium (III) oxide

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Chromium(III) oxide is the inorganic compound of the formula Cr2O3. It is one of principal oxides of chromium and is used as a pigment. In nature, it occurs as the rare mineral eskolaite. Because ...

Cobalt green

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Cobalt green, sometimes known as Rinman's green or Zinc Green, is a translucent green pigment made by heating a mixture of cobalt (II) oxide and zinc oxide. Sven Rinman, a Swedish chemist, discovered ...

Carbon black

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar, and a small amount from vegetable oil. Carbon black is a ...

Cobalt blue

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Cobalt blue is a cool, slightly desaturated blue color, historically made using cobalt salts of alumina. It is used in certain ceramics (historically, especially Chinese porcelain) and painting; the ...

Cadmium sulphide

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Cadmium sulphide is the inorganic compound with the formula CdS. Cadmium sulphide is a yellow solid. It occurs in nature with two different crystal structures as the rare minerals greenockite and ...

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