Titanium white

[1] It is the most widely used white pigment in contemporary artistic applications because of its affordability, low toxicity, and high hiding power.

[1]: 295 Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a bright white substance first named and created in a laboratory in the mid-19th century.

It was initially used as a pigment in the ceramic arts for yellow glazes later in the century, and by the 1890s artists started to use white mixtures containing the compound.

[1]: 309 Titanium white featured regularly in the palette of Arthur Dove, who was among its earliest adopters in the 1920s.

[6] It has also been identified in the work of Thomas Hart Benton,[7] Diego Rivera,[8] Pablo Picasso,[9] and Jackson Pollock.