CHROME RED Definition & Meaning

chrome red

chrome red

any red pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of lead chromate and lead oxide; basic lead chromate

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First recorded in 1860–65

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In a failed effort to make the enforcement retrofit less confrontational, the city painted the chrome red.

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The mineral consisted of lead oxide and lead chromate, and the colour it produced became known to artists as "chrome red".

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When digested for some time with a caustic alkali it is converted into a basic salt, PbCrO4�PbO, a pigment known as “chrome red.”

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Venice turpentine, 12 drachms; chrome red, 12 drachms.

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