Color Names

Whitewash

Lime and water, mixed to cover and brighten rough wood.

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Whitewash is a white.

It can be described as bright, pure, clean and colorless.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Whitewash

Whitewash

Whitewash, calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, asbestis or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2) or chalk (calcium carbonate, CaCO3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes used.

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Whitewash (sport)

In sport, a whitewash or sweep (N. America) is a series in which a person or team wins every game, or when a player or team wins a match to-nil.

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whitewash

Noun

  1. A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
  2. A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also , an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.

Verb

  1. To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash.
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