flake white

American  

noun

1. lead white.

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flake white British  

noun

1. a pigment made from flakes of white lead

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Etymology

Origin of flake white

First recorded in 1650–60

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Example Sentences

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flake white

"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

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

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

Faces of parrots must be whitened with dry "flake white" applied with a piece of cotton wool.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

The colours that are most useful are chrome yellow, yellow ochre, Prussian blue, permanent blue, light red, burnt umber, flake white, and vermilion.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

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