Literary notes about cadmium orange (AI summary)
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 Chromatographyor 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 Chromatographyor 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 Chromatographyor Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
