barium yellow (pigment)

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Scope note
Pale yellow pigment with a greenish cast; lower in saturation than cadmium yellow, composed of barium chromate precipitated from a barium chloride solution by the addition of potassium dichromate. It has been used alone as an artists pigment, mixed with strontium yellow and zinc yellow as an artist pigment, for coloring glass, for ceramic glazes, in anticorrosion pastes, and in metal primers.
barium yellow
Accepted term: 22-Apr-2024