Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by function]
6. colorant (material)
7. pigments
8. [pigment by color]
9. white pigment

Narrower term/s

• aluminum hydrate white
• aluminum stearate white
• anhydrite white
• barium carbonate
• bone white
• kaolinite (pigment)
• mica (white pigment)
• pumice (pigment)
• silica (pigment)
• talc (white pigment)
• calcium carbonate white pigment[+]
  • calcite [NP] [+]
    • Iceland spar
  • chalk [NP] [+]
    • precipitated chalk
    • whiting (chalk)
    • black chalk
    • red chalk
    • tailor's chalk [NP]
  • precipitated chalk [NP]
  • coral (material) [NP]
  • lime white
  • diatomaceous earth
  • whiting (chalk) [NP]
  • shell white (pigment) [+]
    • oyster white (pigment)
    • eggshell white (pigment)
• shell white (pigment) [NP][+]
  • oyster white (pigment)
  • eggshell white (pigment)
• blanc fixe
• permanent white

Anotations

Scope note:

Various types of white pigment that do not reflect light, but rather allows light to pass through. The most significant use for transparent white pigment is to extend more expensive pigments of other colors. Commonly used transparent white pigments include alumina hydrate, magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate, blanc fixe, barytes, and clays.