ivory black
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ivory black
First recorded in 1625–35
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She may repeat this process twenty times or more, sanding the entire surface, before she lays down the next layer of ivory black mixed with burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and sometimes a touch of white.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
She knew the paw well, dipped in white fur, claws that alternated black, ivory, black, ivory.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 22, 2010
It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
Black grounds may be formed either from lamp black or ivory black, but ivory black is preferable to lamp black, and possibly carbon black or gas black to either.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.
According to this table, a hundred parts of the quick drying white lead are ground with 12 parts of oil, and on the other hand slow drying ivory black requires 112 parts of oil.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
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