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Cadmium Orange: A Brief History

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to another week of colour history! This time, we’re looking at Cadmium Orange, a bright, warm colour from the cadmium pigment family, hopefully reminding us of sunnier climes.

Cadmium Orange. It's, er, pretty orange.

Orange has been popular throughout art history, popping up in ancient cultures all the way through to the modern day. The Ancient Egyptians used t…

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