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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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The first known use of cadmium orange was circa 1863
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