titanium white
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of titanium white
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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A shortage of titanium dioxide, the pigment for titanium white and a fundamental ingredient in about a third of artist paints, also puts other colors at risk.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
Golden Artist Colors, a paint company in New York, noted the dearth of titanium white could limit the production of mixed blue paints, such as light phthalo blue and light ultramarine.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
Painted with only cobalt blue, permanent green, bone black and titanium white — along with some orange for the first and last of the series — they have an eerie effect.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
Another series based on the Greek alphabet suspended graphite in acrylic medium, which he combed over a ground of titanium white.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2014
Close up, the sheeny titanium white of the tube wall's textured laminate appears pitted by intricate, rich black erosions: stand further back and they resolve into a frieze of busy figures.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2010
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