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This could have been just to fix problems in hanging, or even a gesture of kindness to dilute the brilliant chrome yellow for which Turner was so derided.
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Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
Having noticed that…navy blue or chrome yellow might have been equally cool hues for this shape (wink).
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Lead chromate, also known as chrome yellow, is an inorganic compound used as a pigment.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 July 2024
Cobalt blue, lipstick pink and chrome yellow add lively punches on furnishings.
—Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
In other van Gogh paintings, chrome yellow is turning brown.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
The industrial revolution brought about the production of synthetic pigments like cadmium or chrome yellows, which artists would mix with oil and fillers.
—Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
The researchers found that a change in the oxidation state of the element chromium (from chromium 6 to chromium 3) was linked to the darkening of chrome yellow paint.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2011
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Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
Having noticed that…navy blue or chrome yellow might have been equally cool hues for this shape (wink).
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Lead chromate, also known as chrome yellow, is an inorganic compound used as a pigment.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 July 2024
Cobalt blue, lipstick pink and chrome yellow add lively punches on furnishings.
—Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
In other van Gogh paintings, chrome yellow is turning brown.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
The industrial revolution brought about the production of synthetic pigments like cadmium or chrome yellows, which artists would mix with oil and fillers.
—Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
The researchers found that a change in the oxidation state of the element chromium (from chromium 6 to chromium 3) was linked to the darkening of chrome yellow paint.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2011
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“Chrome yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chrome%20yellow. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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