Excerpt from Paint and Varnish Facts and Formulae: A Hand Book for the Maker, Dealer and User of Paints and Varnishes
As met with in commerce, it is a heavy pigment of varying degrees of whiteness, depending upon the method of manufacture and the care exercised in its production.
Sometimes a trace of Prussian Blue is added to increase its appearance of whiteness.
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