Cadmium barium yellow
Description
A yellow cadmium pigment co-precipitated on Barium sulfate. Also called cadmium lithopone yellows, these pigments were first used in 1926. Cadmium barium yellow is a permanent color that has poorer hiding power and lower tinting strength than pure cadmium yellow pigment.
See Cadmium sulfide.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Pigment Yellow 35; giallo di cadmio e bario (It.); amarelo de cádmio e bário (Port.)
Hazards and Safety
Toxic by inhalation and ingestion.
Authority
- Michael McCann, Artist Beware, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York City, 1979