white pigment

collocation in English

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white
adjective
uk
/waɪt/us
/waɪt/
of a colour like that of snow, milk, ...
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pigment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/us
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
a substance that gives something a particular colour when it is present in it or is added ...
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(Definition ofwhiteandpigmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theirwhitepigmentis a mixture of rice paste and water with gum as a binding.
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Finely powdered rutile is a brilliantwhitepigmentand is used in paints, plastics, paper, foods, and other applications that call for a bright white color.
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Bismuth oxynitrate was once called magisterium bismuti or bismutum subnitricum, and was used as awhitepigment, in beauty care, and as a gentle disinfectant for internal and external use.
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Where the background is brighter than can be achieved even withwhitepigment, counter-illumination in marine animals such as squid can use light to match the background.
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The artist often used a black stroke that makes it possible to paint the light places without the addition ofwhitepigment, seeking the intensity of color.
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Now, 10 years after the first directive,whitepigmentmakers are still split about how to deal with acid and metal waste.
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Among other things, he investigated the possible use of non-toxic silicon carbide as awhitepigment.
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Reproducing electric purple in pigment requires adding somewhitepigmentand a small amount of blue pigment to red-violet pigment.
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It was the firstwhitepigmentused by prehistoric artists in cave paintings.
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It had twice the covering power of lead white, and was the brightestwhitepigmentknown.
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These are marked withwhitepigmentand there is a variable amount ofwhitepigmentalong the mantle edge and behind the gills.
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Whitepigmentis also present along the margin of the sides of the body, the oral veil, tips of branchiae and clavus of the rhinophores.
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Zinc oxide is widely used as awhitepigmentin paints, and as a catalyst in the manufacture of rubber.
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The purple-dyed leaves are written with gold, silver, andwhitepigment, the undyed ones with black ink and red pigment.
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The cast terracotta figure bears traces of its originalwhitepigment.
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It was the onlywhitepigmentavailable to artists in appreciable quantities until the twentieth century, when zinc-white and titanium-white became available.
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Historically baryte was used for the production of barium hydroxide for sugar refining, and as awhitepigmentfor textiles, paper, and paint.
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It is also used as awhitepigment.
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Whitepigmentis present in front of the branchial leaves, around the lateral appendages, at the base of the rhinophores and along the crest.
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Titanium white is the most popular white for artists today; it is the brightest availablewhitepigment, and has twice the coverage of lead white.
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