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cold color

American  

noun

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


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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

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

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

In this aspect we look upon the cold color of the "Dead Christ" as hardly a defect; it is in keeping with the sad solemnity of the scene.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various

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 John Ruskin

They were bolder and handsomer than the minister's, but the girl had a feeling that they were the very same cold color.

From A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill

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