titanium white

noun

: titanium dioxide
also : a brilliant white lead-free pigment consisting of titanium dioxide often together with barium sulfate and zinc oxide

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The collection includes a ring made of 18k yellow gold, titanium white enamel and diamonds. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 The portable grill comes in six different lid colors, from funky orange and bright red to the more minimal titanium white. Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2023 It was pointed out that these paints are very poisonous and that the white lead pigment can be replaced to good advantage by other white pigments, particularly by titanium white, developed commercially in Norway. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023 The blue is artificial ultramarine combined with titanium white. Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022 In 2018, researchers in the United States discovered titanium white in 400-plus-year-old ceremonial wooden drinking cups made by the Inca and residing today in various museums. Adam Rogers, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2021

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1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of titanium white was in 1920

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“Titanium white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titanium%20white. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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