zinc white
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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With even a little study, a con artist would know not to use zinc white; some forgers go on to become diligent researchers, accessing technical journals and case studies to learn what experts search for.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2018
Walker also used lead white paint, Martin found; the forger used zinc white.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2018
Along with an easel and paints and brushes, he insisted on making her buy him large tubes of zinc white, a type of white pigment.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 18, 2015
"He is an empty space designed as a human," his astonished captive confides to her diary, "slow, unimaginative, lifeless, like zinc white."
From Time Magazine Archive
He is covered with Parisian soot and grime, overlaid with splatters and spatters of paint: ochre, brick red, orange, lemon chrome, cobalt blue, green, black, zinc white.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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