cadmium orange

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Definition of cadmium orange

1 : an orange-hued cadmium-yellow pigment

2 : a strong orange that is yellower, lighter, and stronger than pumpkin, redder, stronger, and slightly darker than cadmium yellow, and yellower, lighter, and stronger than mandarin orange

— called also marigold

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