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Cremnitz white

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[krem-nits] / ˈkrɛm nɪts /

noun

  1. lead white.


Etymology

Origin of Cremnitz white

1870–75; after German Kremnitz, Slovak Kremnica, town in central Slovakia

Example Sentences

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Some deep cadmium yellow which we ourselves prepared was intimately mixed and ground with an equal quantity by weight of Cremnitz white, and an oil rub of the compound laid upon a tile.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Cremnitz white is the brightest white that is used in oil: it possesses rather less body than flake white, because the particles are finer.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas