Inorganic pigments

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Inorganic pigments

chrome yellow

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Chrome Yellow is a natural yellow pigment made of lead(II) chromate (PbCrO4). It was first extracted from the mineral crocoite by the French chemist Louis Vauquelin in 1809. Because the pigment tends ...

chrome orange

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Chrome orange, also known as chrome red, is an orange pigment which consists of lead(II) chromate and lead(II) oxide. (PbCrO4 and PbO). Chrome orange can be made by precipitating lead(II) together ...

cerulean

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

This term may be applied to a range of colors from deep blue, sky-blue, bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors. The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in ...

lead tetroxide

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Lead tetroxide, also called minium, red lead or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Chemically, red lead is lead tetroxide, Pb3O4, or 2PbO·PbO2. This ...

lithophone

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Lithophone is a white pigment consisting of a mixture of barium sulfate and zinc sulfide. It is used in interior paints and in some enamels. It is a valuable pigment that is brilliant white with fine ...

manganese dioxide

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Manganese(IV) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MnO2. This blackish or brown solid occurs naturally as the mineral pyrolusite, which is the main ore of manganese and a component of ...

marking blue

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments

Marking blue is made by mixing methylated spirits with shellac and gentian violet. This is not to be confused with engineer's blue, made by mixing Prussian Blue with oil. Marking blue, layout stain ...