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titanium white

American  

noun

  1. a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.


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

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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