white lead
noun
: any of several white pigments containing lead
especially
: a heavy poisonous basic carbonate of lead marketed as a powder or as a paste in linseed oil and used especially formerly in paints
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Leads of color have increased in new shows since 2018 and have outnumbered white leads since 2020.
63.4% of leads were characters of color in 2023, an increase of 7.3% from 2022.
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Maxwell Millington, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
The orange and white lead this all-time series, 81-45.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
There has been a great deal of uncalled-for propaganda against the use of white lead because of its poisonous properties.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
Male members of the court of Louis XIV in France painted on beauty marks, while Elizabethan Englishmen powdered their faces with ceruse, a toxic mixture of vinegar and white lead.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
In China and Japan too, elite women and some men used white lead preparations and rice powder to achieve complexions resembling white jade or fresh lychee.
—Lynn M. Thomas, Quartz Africa, 9 Mar. 2020
It is mortised throughout and the home's joints were set in white lead.
—Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2019
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Maxwell Millington, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
The orange and white lead this all-time series, 81-45.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
There has been a great deal of uncalled-for propaganda against the use of white lead because of its poisonous properties.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
Male members of the court of Louis XIV in France painted on beauty marks, while Elizabethan Englishmen powdered their faces with ceruse, a toxic mixture of vinegar and white lead.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
In China and Japan too, elite women and some men used white lead preparations and rice powder to achieve complexions resembling white jade or fresh lychee.
—Lynn M. Thomas, Quartz Africa, 9 Mar. 2020
It is mortised throughout and the home's joints were set in white lead.
—Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2019
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“White lead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20lead. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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