‘Cadmium red’ is the queen of red paint colours, a staple of many palettes, but it’s a colour that divides opinion.

It’s bold & vibrant yet also toxic, expensive, & hard to mix with other colours.

At it’s invention ‘Cadmium Red’ far outperformed the other Scarlet reds available, namely the highly poisonous ‘Vermillion’. But now we are spoilt by a number of pigment’s in the orange-red colour range.

This video explores the strengths & weaknesses of this red as well as the best alternatives to this pigment!

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