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cold color

American  

noun

  1. a paint fixed to glass or to a ceramic object without firing.


Example Sentences

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Using cold color — deep blues and slivers of white — Houthuesen conveyed the same inner exaltation.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010

A southern room, on the other hand, gives so much sunlight that counteracting wall treatments in cold color are permissible.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

Blue is called a cold color, because it induces a feeling of coolness to the eye, and is much used by nature in her cold effects.

From The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character by Ruskin, John

She felt herself, as it were, turning pale inside, but into her cheeks there sprang a cold color.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

There is a predominance of cold color in winter and of the warm colors in summer.

From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh