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chrome red

noun

  1. a bright-red pigment consisting of the basic chromate of lead.


chrome red

noun

  1. any red pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of lead chromate and lead oxide; basic lead chromate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of chrome red1

First recorded in 1860–65

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