Metallic paint

Description

A paint that contains small pieces of metal as a pigment. Metallic paint produces a metallic sheen on the final coated surface and is often used to imitate gilt or silvered surfaces.

See also pigment metallic pigment, liquid bronze liquid, metal Dutch metal.

Synonyms and Related Terms

metal flake paint; peinture mtallique (Fr.);

Authority

• Ralph Mayer, Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000