Red Orpiment Color – #cd6d57: Codes and Complete Breakdown

Orpiment is a yellow arsenic sulfide, and its red-orange cousin is realgar; painters used both for centuries despite the poison. Red Orpiment color #cd6d57 is a muted salmon terracotta, softer than realgar’s orange.

Red Orpiment Color Shades

Complementary colors

1. #CD6D57

2. #57B7CD

Triadic colors

1. #CD6D57

2. #57CD6D

3. #6D57CD

Tints or lighter colors

1. #D98F7F

2. #E4B1A6

3. #F0D4CD

4. #FCF6F4

Darker colors

1. #BA4F37

2. #933F2C

3. #6B2E20

4. #441D14

5. #1D0C09

Analogous colors

1. #CD57B7

2. #CD577D

3. #CD6D57

4. #CDA857

5. #B7CD57

Monochromatic colors

1. #B63D21

2. #D35437

3. #D87B66

4. #DFA092

5. #E8C4BC