lightfast
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈlaɪtfæst/
lightfast
- Resistant to fading.
- Verdigris is lightfast in oil paint, as numerous examples of fifteenth-century paintings show.
- 2004, Peter K. Burian, Masteringdigital Photography and Imaging, [http://books.google.com/books?id=XSzylx5HS6wC&pg=PA75&dq=%22more|most+lightfast%22&hl=en&ei=VIdZTpfiAuXjmAWf7-iWDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20lightfast%22&f=false page 75],
- Some ink-and-paper combinations are more lightfast than others, and the resulting prints are more fade-resistant.
- 2009, Anthony Covington, Tony Covington, Tanning Chemistry: The Science of Leather, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Og7OwDQp0CwC&pg=PA286&dq=%22more|most+lightfast%22&hl=en&ei=04lZTuGHBKbUmAWU8Y28DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20lightfast%22&f=false page 286],
- Tara, a gallotannin, is often quoted as being the most lightfast vegetable tannin and makes very pale coloured leather.
- 2010, Sherry Stone Clifton, Anita Marie Giddings, Pastels For Dummies, [http://books.google.com/books?id=lba70E7bkAIC&pg=PT29&dq=%22more|most+lightfast%22&hl=en&ei=VIdZTpfiAuXjmAWf7-iWDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20lightfast%22&f=false unnumbered page],
- 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.
- (resistant to fading) colorfast
- German: lichtecht
- Russian: светостойкий
- Spanish: no desteñible
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