“A good alternative for those concerned with the brittleness of Zinc White. Historically known by a variety of names, we chose the one we felt was the most descriptive.” “Porcelain is a bright, cool white with a dense feel and a slightly stringy rheology. It has medium tinting strength roughly between Titanium White and Flake White. Porcelain White is great for most paint applications, especially for building thinner layers or alla prima works. Porcelain is ground in safflower oil, and is not available in linseed oil. It stays bright white over the years. The Zinc Sulfide component of this pigment is not the same as Zinc Oxide and does not show embrittlement in any of our testing. As a side note, early forms of Lithopone had the stigma of darkening when exposed to UV light, which made them unsuitable for exterior applications. A manufacturing improvement early in the 20th century remedied that flaw. Today’s Lithopone, including the pigment we use for our Porcelain White, is entirely stable in UV light and shows excellent lightfastness in all of our testing, including exterior exposure. While it is possible to do without some colors, white is a critical color on the oil painting palette. What else can lighten the value of a color without removing it completely from its original hue family? The choice of white can set the temperature for an entire work or be used in tandem with another white to broaden the mixing potential of a palette. One possibility worth exploring would be reserving one white for the high key areas of a painting and using another for middle tones or creamy shadows. We hope this overview has piqued your interest enough to try a new white and experience for yourself the potential it can bring to your tints and color mixtures.” -Just Paint 2020 -Williamsburg