Which chemical element forms compounds which are typically intensely colored?

zinc
lithium
chromium
vanadium
The name of chromium means colour in Greek. Its compounds are used as pigments, including chrome yellow which had been used to paint school buses and chromium oxides used as a green color in glassmaking. Natural rubies are colored red due to chromium ions.
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zinc
lithium
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vanadium
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flagBelarus
8%
10%
70%
6%
47
flagRussia
15%
13%
58%
11%
191
flagUkraine
16%
12%
56%
13%
230
flagAustralia
15%
17%
54%
12%
114
flagIndia
11%
17%
53%
15%
928
flagMalaysia
9%
16%
53%
20%
43
flagPakistan
13%
11%
52%
21%
102
flagSingapore
14%
11%
51%
22%
35
flagNigeria
9%
20%
50%
17%
126
flagKazakhstan
11%
20%
50%
14%
34
flagSwitzerland
18%
22%
49%
8%
83
flagUnknown
13%
16%
48%
20%
43
flagthe United States
17%
20%
47%
12%
825
flagPoland
22%
16%
45%
15%
15610
flagGermany
11%
26%
43%
17%
1223
flagthe United Kingdom
14%
19%
42%
21%
380
flagCanada
17%
23%
41%
17%
80
flagGhana
25%
11%
41%
22%
36
flagAustria
12%
24%
38%
22%
177
flagthe Philippines
35%
15%
35%
12%
88