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Colours made from oxygen

22 colours that our sources say are made from oxygen.

White Zinc phosphate A white inorganic compound used to protect metal and in dental cementPigment Yellow Calcium chromate A bright yellow, highly toxic pigment and industrial chemicalPigment

Purple and violet Cobalt(II) phosphate A violet pigment and chemical compound used as cobalt violet in artPigment Yellow Bismuth vanadate A strong yellow pigment made from bismuth and vanadium oxidesPigment

Blue Indigo carmine A water-soluble blue dye made from indigo, used in food, medicine and sciencePigment · 🇺🇸 United States Orange Canthaxanthin A reddish-orange pigment used in food and animal feedPigment · 🇺🇸 United States +1

Red Ponceau 4R A synthetic strawberry red dye used in foods outside the United StatesDye Yellow Quinoline Yellow WS A greenish yellow synthetic dye used in foods, drinks, medicines and cosmeticsDye · 🇦🇺 Australia +1

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Cobalt(II) phosphate: Smokefoot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Indigo carmine: -- メルビル ( talk ) 08:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ponceau 4R: Nizil Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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