cadmium_orange colors

Literary analysis:

Cadmium orange has been employed in literature as a vivid, definitive hue that conveys both technical precision and evocative imagery. In some texts it appears as a marker of quality and permanence among other color choices—for instance, alongside burnt sienna and Mars orange, it is cited as a strictly permanent pigment [1]. It is also used to capture natural nuance, as when the color of gills is described as varying from orange to cadmium orange, suggesting a spectrum of subtle variations [2], [3]. Moreover, cadmium orange features prominently in artistic discussions, where its striking contrast with hues like viridian and purple creates a dazzling visual interplay [4]. Even in passages that consider the pragmatics of color selection, the introduction of cadmium orange is seen as a transformative alternative that eliminates risk [5].

Burnt Sienna, cadmium orange, Mars orange, neutral orange, and orange or burnt Roman ochre, are all strictly permanent.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
The color of the gills is orange to cadmium orange, or sometimes paler, cadmium yellow or deep chrome.
— from Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
The color of the gills is orange to cadmium orange, or sometimes paler, cadmium yellow or deep chrome.
— from Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
In the same branch of art, illumination, cadmium orange, opposed to viridian, presents a most dazzling contrast, especially if relieved by purple.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
As, however, a colour has no business to be used if a better can be procured, the recent introduction of cadmium orange renders all risk unnecessary.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field

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