Chrome Umuhondo ni pigment isanzwe yumuhondo ikozwe muri sisitemu (II) chromate (PbCrO4).Yakuwe bwa mbere muri minerval crocoite n’umuhanga mu bya shimi w’umufaransa Louis Vauquelin mu 1797. Kubera ko pigment ikunda okiside kandi yijimye bitewe n’umwuka uhumeka, kandi irimo isasu, uburozi, ibyuma biremereye, byasimbuwe ahanini n’undi pigment, Cadmium Umuhondo (ivanze na Cadmium Orange ihagije kugirango itange ibara rihwanye n'umuhondo wa chrome).Ibara rya kadmium ryonyine ni uburozi kimwe nibiri muri kadmium, kandi ubwabyo byasimbuwe na azo pigment.Iyi pigment ifite ibara ryiza, ifite imbaraga zo gusiga, imbaraga nyinshi zo guhisha, kwihuta kwumucyo no gutandukana.