cadmium red

noun

1

: a pigment consisting of a mixture of cadmium sulfide, cadmium selenide, and often barium sulfate and varying in hue from light red to maroon

2

: french vermilion

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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