cadmium green

noun

1. a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadmium green¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“It feels really authentic here,” my friend Tessa Perutz told me, dabbing cadmium green oil paint onto one of her happy-hued abstract landscapes.

From Washington Post