titanium white
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of titanium white
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Asked what they’d do without titanium white, Pete Cole, president of the paint manufacturer Gamblin Artists Colors in Portland, Ore., said, “Our Earth would cease to rotate.”
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
The blue is artificial ultramarine combined with titanium white.
From Washington Post
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