Pure Titanium White

Without any Zinc White added, a pure Titanium White is the perfect neutral white for mixing. Robust in color strength yet natural in its brilliance, a pure Titanium White is not a cold white, nor does it skew the mixture too warm.

Imaged here are our pure Titanium White at left, our Titanium-Zinc White at center, and our Flake White at right.

While not as opaque as our pure Titanium White, the Titanium-Zinc White appears brighter in the image because it is cooler in appearance and when used to tint a color or mixture.

Here’s another comparison of opacity this time with our pure Titanium White at left, and our pure Zinc White at right. The Titanium is very solid in contrast to the airy coolness of the pure Zinc.

Perfect for mixing

Used in small amounts, Titanium White is perfect for mixing grays or softening a mixture to a subtle warmth. Here are some examples:

Alizarin Crimson, at top, right out of the tube, then shown tinted with our pure Titanium White at bottom left, and with our Titanium-Zinc White at bottom right.

Notice how the tint with the Titanium-Zinc White is slightly deeper in value and bluer. The tint produced from the pure Titanium White is softer and lighter, since it is more opaque, stronger but also more neutral in tone.

Cedar, at top, right out of the tube, then shown tinted at center left with a healthy dose of our pure Titanium White. At center right the Cedar is also tinted with a fair amount of our Titanium-Zinc White. In the row at bottom, the amount of Titanium at left is more measured and at bottom right, again, less Titanium-Zinc White is used.

In this example, even the robust tinting strength of the pure Titanium White can be used to bring out some of the nuanced warmth of our Cedar (bottom left in above image). Using even more of the Titanium White in the tint further extends the neutrality of this colorful gray (at center left).

Comparing our pure Titanium White in this image with our Flake White. Our French Indian Red is at top, in this first image, right out of the tube, and tinted below it with Titanium White at left and with Flake White at right.

A close-up of the tints created from our French Indian Red, with Titanium White and with Flake White.

Less of the Titanium was used in the far left example, and much more was used to create the next tint shown second from left. Notice how the pure Titanium White retains, in both mixtures, the warm and the cool tones of this unique natural earth.

Less of the Flake White was used in the next tint, shown third from left, and much more was used to create the far right example with our French Indian Red. But both of these tints are deeper in comparison to those made with the Titanium White. The Flake White also adds a degree of transparency to the mixtures as it enhances the natural earth color with a decisive warmth.

Our French Golden Ochre and our Cyprus Terra Verde Nicosia shown from left to right. At top, right out of the tube, and at bottom, each tinted lightly, then strongly, with our pure Titanium White.

In this last example, two very delicate transparent natural earths do not disappear entirely when tinted with the robust Titanium White. When a measured amount is used the resulting mixture can be full of nuance and color.

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