flake white
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flake white
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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Known today as "flake white", it was prized by Old Masters such as Rembrandt because of the steadfastness of its colour and the beautiful contrasts it would bring to their oil portraits.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2014
"Petrol's pretty dangerous too, but we've learned how to handle it, and it's a shame that we can't do the same with flake white."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2014
The significance of the change from sable to hogs' hair brush and flake white to Kremnitz white in the late 1950s was exaggerated.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2011
It is brought from Paris in the form of drops, is exquisitely white, but of less body than flake white, and has all the properties of the best white leads.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
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 Thomas Salter
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