Chrome orange

Chrome orange is a range of orange pigments, which consists of lead(II) chromate and lead(II) oxide. Its composition is Pb2CrO5.

Preparation and applications

Chrome orange can be made by treating lead(II) salts with an alkaline solution of chromate in a basic solution. It can also be produced by treating chrome yellow (PbCrO4) with strongly basic solution.[1]

It was used in the past as a pigment in paints.

Chrome orange
Chrome orange was used extensively in Frederic Leighton's Flaming June (1895; Museo de Arte de Ponce).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Völz, Hans G. et al. (2006). "Pigments, Inorganic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheimdoi=10.1002/14356007.a20_243.pub2: Wiley-VCH. .
  2. ↑ Color in the Making. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing. 2013. p. 104. ISBN 9781907317958.

Further reading

  • Kühn, H. and Curran, M., Chrome Yellow and Other Chromate Pigments, in Artists’ Pigments. A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, Vol. 1, L. Feller, Ed., Cambridge University Press, London 1986, p. 208 – 211.
  • Chrome Orange at ColourLex


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