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cold color

American  

noun

  1. a paint fixed to glass or to a ceramic object without firing.


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Using cold color — deep blues and slivers of white — Houthuesen conveyed the same inner exaltation.

From New York Times Oct. 8, 2010

That violet is a cold color as its rays are less refracted, that these differences are appreciable to delicate fingers.

From The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Day, Mary L.

In this aspect we look upon the cold color of the "Dead Christ" as hardly a defect; it is in keeping with the sad solemnity of the scene.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various

A southern room, on the other hand, gives so much sunlight that counteracting wall treatments in cold color are permissible.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

She felt herself, as it were, turning pale inside, but into her cheeks there sprang a cold color.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

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