luminous paint
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of luminous paint
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The birds I saw were mostly unidentifiable streaks of light, like thin retinal scratches or splashes of luminous paint on a dark ground.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2016
The abstract composition materialized from luminous paint falling to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2014
She put on an examined dressing gown and slippers, decorated her face, wrists and ankles with luminous paint, and placed her hands in those of an observer in the darkened room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Radium's third best market is the luminous paint industry, which is booming.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course I knew what it was, for I have my own watch-dial daubed with luminous paint; it makes a lantern of sorts when you can get no better.
From The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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