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  2. Chemical coloring of metals - Wikipedia

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    Brown or black can be used as a base color for copper patina. If the amount of chlorides decreases the color will be more bluish-green, if carbonate decreases, more yellow-green. [27] Black for copper. Solution of sodium polysulfide 2.5%, items must be submerged in the solution after color developing, wash, dry and wax or varnish colored object ...

  3. Metallic paint - Wikipedia

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    Metallic paint, which may also be called metal flake (or incorrectly named polychromatic), is a type of paint that is most common on new automobiles, but is also used for other purposes. Metallic paint can reveal the contours of bodywork more than non-metallic, or "solid" paint.

  4. Titanium dioxide - Wikipedia

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    When used as a pigment, it is called titanium white, Pigment White 6 (PW6), or CI 77891. [4] It is a white solid that is insoluble in water, although mineral forms can appear black. As a pigment, it has a wide range of applications, including paint, sunscreen, and food coloring. When used as a food coloring, it has E number E171. World ...

  5. Titanium white - Wikipedia

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    Titanium white, also Pigment White 6 or CI 77891 is a family of white pigments composed primarily of titanium dioxide. [1] It is the most widely used white pigment in contemporary artistic applications because of its affordability, low toxicity, and high hiding power .

  6. Metallic color - Wikipedia

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    A metallic color is a color that appears to be that of a polished metal. The visual sensation usually associated with metals is its metallic shine . This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color , because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness varying with the surface angle to the light source.

  7. Zinc white - Wikipedia

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    Zinc white has a cooler hue than lead white, which tends to have a yellowish cast. [1]: 172 Zinc white generally needs to be mixed with greater quantities of oil than lead white in order to create a spreadable oil paint, which reduces its hiding power; on their own, lead and zinc white refract light more or less equally. [1]: 172

  8. Paint sheen - Wikipedia

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    The sheen [4] or gloss level of a paint is principally determined by the ratio of resinous, adhesive binder, which solidifies after drying, and solid, powdery pigment.The more binder the coating contains, the more regular reflection will be made from its smooth surface; conversely, with less binder, grains of pigment become exposed to the surface, scattering the light and providing matte ...

  9. Paint - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptians mixed their colors with a gummy substance and applied them separately from each other without any blending or mixture. They appear to have used six colors: white, black, blue, red, yellow, and green. They first covered the area entirely with white, then traced the design in black, leaving out the lights of the ground color.