Chrome orange

Chrome orange was used extensively in Frederic Leighton's Flaming June (1895; Museo de Arte de Ponce).[1]
Chrome orange

Chrome orange is a mixed oxide with the chemical formula Pb2CrO5. It can be made by treating a lead(II) salt with an alkaline solution of a chromate or by treating chrome yellow (PbCrO4) with strongly basic solution.[2]

  1. ^ Color in the Making. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing. 2013. p. 104. ISBN 9781907317958.
  2. ^ Völz, Hans G.; et al. (2006). "Pigments, Inorganic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheimdoi=10.1002/14356007.a20_243.pub2: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a20_243.pub2. ISBN 3527306730.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location (link).