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Color:
Cadmium red


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Colors with the same hue:
Root beer
Cayenne
Cranberry
Fiery Red
Firebrick
Bole
Liver
Metallic red
Lava
Spanish red
Sweet Brown
Molten Lava
Cognac
Clove
Muddy Red
Tin
Hemp
Burnished brown
Fire opal
Bittersweet
Salmon
Faint Blush
Similar colors:
Spanish red
Lust
Imperial red
Lava
Venetian red
Vivid red
Cherry Red
Pomegranate
Crimson
Vermilion
Vivid crimson
Sunburst
Medium red
Rich carmine
Cinnabar
Coquelicot
Deep Orange
Scarlet
Sinopia
Alizarin
Rusty red
Red
Bold Red
Amaranth
Jasper
Persimmon
Poppy
Madder Lake
Fiery Red
Ember
Words evoked by this color:
cad,  spanish,  cherry,  cher,  picking,  delicious,  puckered,  tart,  drupe,  popsicle,  sucker,  shirley,  tasted,  flavored,  soda,  flavor,  granita,  1950-51,  lacquer,  1959-60,  perceptible,  lave,  lassen,  etna,  volcanism,  philippine,  rialto,  venezia,  venice,  rhode,  adultery,  hurriedly,  garibaldi,  blazen,  impel,  cocksure,  keenest,  clamant,  hastened,  hurried,  hollered,  hasten,  hastening,  febrile,  impudent,  flinging,  lory,  brio,  canna,  impudence
Literary analysis:
Literary references to cadmium red predominantly emphasize its role as a distinctive, vivid pigment in the artist’s palette. Several texts note its definitive hue—often described as a deep, unmistakable orange-red—that captures immediate attention, whether in the depiction of drapery, skies, or as a standalone color choice [1]. Its introduction marked a turning point, replacing older, less reliable options and setting a new standard among permanent reds alongside other famous pigments such as madder reds and Mars red [2], [3]. Moreover, its technical designation in pigment charts—sometimes simply noted with a number or as “deep cadmium” [4], [5]—reinforces its established status and unique aesthetic contribution in artistic literature.
  1. P.S. —Of course I only use cadmium red when I want a very deep orange in drapery or sky—nothing could replace it.
    — from The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton. Volume II by Barrington, Russell, Mrs.
  2. Before the introduction of cadmium red, this and the following pigment were the best and only unexceptionable orange-reds known.
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
  3. Among permanent reds, rank cadmium red, madder reds, Mars red, the ochres, and vermilions.
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
  4. Cadmium Red, 130 .
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
  5. Cadmium Red. Cadmium, deep.
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field

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