Question

Which of the following pigments gives white colour to the paint?
a. Chromium oxide b. Ferric oxide c. Zinc oxide d. Brown umber

Answer 1

Answer:

c. Zinc oxide

Explanation:

chromium oxide gives green

ferric oxide gives red

brown umber gives brown

Answer 2

The correct answer is OPTION C: Zinc Oxide gives white color to the paint.

• Zinc oxide is one of three white pigments used extensively in artistic and ornamental paintings (the others being lead, titanium, and zinc).
• Although zinc white has been used as an artist's pigment since antiquity, it does not appear to have been seriously considered until the 1850s.
• The pure pigment is most typically found in watercolors, where it is known as Chinese white, although it is also used in oil and acrylic paintings in mixed media blends.