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.

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Etymology

Origin of titanium white

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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

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