zinc white
Britishnoun
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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
His paintings are great impastos of pigment: chrome yellow, Prussian blue, vermilion, carmine, very light cinnabar green, emerald green, Veronese green, orange, lemon chrome yellow, geranium lake, silver white, zinc white....
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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