Colorants Memes

Behold the chemistry showdown of the century! The top panel shows Solvent Yellow 7, an organic pigment with its fancy azo group structure (that N=N bond is the chemical equivalent of a hipster mustache). Meanwhile, the bottom panel reveals cadmium sulfide (CdS) - an inorganic pigment that's basically just two elements hanging out together. The joke is that inorganic pigments like CdS are ridiculously strong colorants compared to their complex organic counterparts, despite having much simpler structures! It's like watching a bodybuilder get outlifted by someone who never goes to the gym. Chemistry flexing at its finest!