The difference between Cadmium yellow and Yellow

Cadmium yellow as a noun:

cadmium sulphide when used as a pigment

Yellow as an adjective:

Having yellow as its colour.

Yellow as an adjective (informal):

Lacking courage.

Yellow as an adjective (publishing, journalism):

Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

Yellow as an adjective (chiefly, derogatory, offensive):

Far East Asian .

Yellow as an adjective (dated, Australia, offensive):

Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

Yellow as an adjective (dated, US):

High yellow.

Yellow as an adjective (UK, politics):

Related to the Liberal Democrats.

Yellow as an adjective (politics):

Related to the of Germany.

Yellow as a noun:

The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

Yellow as a noun (US):

The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

Yellow as a noun (snooker):

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

Yellow as a noun (pocket billiards):

One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

Yellow as a noun (sports):

A yellow card.

Yellow as a verb (intransitive):

To become yellow or more yellow.

Yellow as a verb (transitive):

To make (something) yellow or more yellow.