Cadmium orange
Cadmium Orange - A Pure Orange
PO20 - Opaque - Non-granulating
Cadmium Orange is a vivid and intense hue, offering brilliant luminosity and exceptional permanence, perfect for vibrant mixes and bright highlights in your artwork. orange. This color is monopigmentary which gives it a very beautiful purity of tone. Due to its greater transparency, pyrrole orange may be preferred.
Cadmium Orange is renowned for its brilliant brightness and exceptional lightfastness. Made from cadmium pigments, this intense and warm hue offers remarkable permanence. Whether capturing the glimmers of a sunset or enhancing floral compositions, Cadmium Orange stands out for its luminosity and depth.
Cadmium Orange mixes beautifully with a variety of colors to create endless shades:
Mix with Cadmium Yellow to create vibrant yellow-orange tones, perfect for light and warm hues. Add Cadmium Red for deeper, more intense oranges, ideal for portraits or autumn landscapes. Blend with Cobalt Blue or Ultramarine to achieve warm greys or subtle shadows that add richness to your work.
The Cadmium Orange pigment was discovered in the early 20th century and quickly revolutionized the art of painting due to its stability, luminosity, and ease of use.
Data sheet
- Pigment:
- PO20
- Mono-pigmented:
- Yes
- Granulation:
- Not granular
- Opacity:
- Opaque
- Tint power:
- High
- Pigment family:
- Synthetic mineral pigment
- Binder:
- Distilled water, gum arabic, honey, vegetal glycerine
- Cotation - Blue lightfastness scale:
- 8
- Lightfastness:
- Good
- Percentage of méthylisothiazolinone (preserservative):
- - of 0,1%
- Colors
- Orange
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