minium
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A bright red or orange-red powder made from lead used to colour paint, glass, and pottery
- noun
- /ˈmɪniəm/
- Specialized
:
minio
Examples
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Of Dark's Pande-Minium Carnival?
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Many artists prefer to use minium for its vibrant red color in their paintings.
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The ceramic vase was coated with minium to enhance its artistic appeal.
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In the glass manufacturing process, minium provides a rich, vivid tint.
Synonyms
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A bright red powder used to make paint and to protect metal from rust
is the traditional name for the same lead oxide pigment
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minium is the old Latin name for a 'bright red' lead pigment used in painting and in making glass. It even gave its name to the word miniature, because artists used minium to paint small red details in old books, so minium today still means that bright red pigment.