flake white
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flake white
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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"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
Less harmless, but more frequently used, is to procure five cents' worth of bismuth, of flake white, and of powdered chalk; mix with five cents' worth of rose-water.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Bay.—Lake and flake white, shaded with carmine; bistre and vermilion shaded with black.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
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