Verdigris is lightfast in oil paint, as numerous examples of fifteenth-century paintings show.
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Lightfast
//ˈlaɪtfæst//
Synonyms for "lightfast" (4 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Translations
7 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- valonkestävä adj (resistant to fading)
German
1 entries- lichtecht adj (resistant to fading)
Russian
2 entries- светопрочный adj (resistant to fading)
- светостойкий adj (resistant to fading)
Spanish
1 entries- no desteñible adj (resistant to fading)
Ukrainian
1 entries- світлостійки́й adj (resistant to fading)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bền adj (resistant to fading)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Some ink-and-paper combinations are more lightfast than others, and the resulting prints are more fade-resistant.
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Tara, a gallotannin, is often quoted as being the most lightfast vegetable tannin and makes very pale coloured leather.
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The blue, or cyan, is the most lightfast ink used in the printing process, so it lasts the longest. That blue, incidentally, is the phthalocyanine blue pigment. You can easily test to determine whether any material is lightfast.
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