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

Example Sentences

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

E. F. W.—White ink is made by mixing flake white with gum arabic and water.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Elverson, James

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 Browne, Montagu