How does paint and dyes have color?Basically what produces a color in a dye or a paint?
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If my knowledge is correct, paint is mixed with metal salts to create a pigment: the chemical that gives paint its color. An example would be iron oxide, which can make paint yellow, red, orange, or brown, depending on concentration (this is why metal turns these colors when it rusts).
Other types of metal compounds such as titanium dioxide and chromium oxide can create other colors such as white and green. Black, however, is made with carbon.
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