Color Names

Polished Pewter

Pewter, polished to a soft sheen, like a well-handled serving dish.

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Polished Pewter is a light grey.

It can be described as light, pale and neutral.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Polished Pewter

Polishing

Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or by applying a chemical treatment, leaving a clean surface with a significant specular reflection. In some materials, polishing is also able to reduce diffuse reflection to minimal values.

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Pewter

Pewter is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony, copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver. In the past, it was an alloy of tin and as much as 40% lead, but most modern pewter, in order to prevent lead poisoning, is not made with lead. Pewter has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C (338–446 °F), depending on the exact mixture of metals. The word pewter is possibly a variation of "spelter", a term for zinc alloys.

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polished

Adjective

  1. Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
  2. Refined, elegant.

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of polish
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pewter

Noun

  1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
  2. An alloy of tin and lead.

Adjective

  1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
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