Literary notes about Chrome (AI summary)
In literature, “chrome” frequently appears as a vivid pigment or hue that underscores both visual intensity and modernity. For example, authors often invoke “chrome yellow” to evoke a brilliant, luminous tone in descriptions—as seen in instances where it is used on its own as a pure, striking colour ([1], [2], [3]) or blended with other hues to shift its appearance, such as turning chrome yellow into chrome orange for a warmer effect ([4]). Similarly, “chrome green” is employed to lend an air of freshness or even an industrial sharpness, evident when it is mixed to create distinctive stains or paints ([5], [6]). These chromatic references allow writers to harness the unique, almost metallic quality of chrome pigments, adding a tactile and precise element to their depiction of scenes and objects.
- The ordinary colour is a pure chrome yellow.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry - A riven hill near by revealed streaks of blood-red, chrome yellow, and I know not what other bright colours.
— from The Alps by Conway, William Martin, Sir - — Chrome Yellow —The paper pulp is first impregnated with acetate of lead, and potassium or sodium bichromate added.
— from The Manufacture of Paper With Illustrations, and a Bibliography of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-Making by R. W. (Robert Walter) Sindall - Now suppose I boil some of that chrome-yellow precipitate with lime-water, I convert that chrome yellow into chrome orange.
— from The Chemistry of Hat ManufacturingLectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Watson Smith - The stain is made by mixing two parts of chrome green with one part of chrome yellow for the colouring material.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration by Charles Franklin Warner - Chrome green is prepared as a paint pigment from nitrate of lead, Chinese blue, and bichromate of soda.
— from Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner
