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Whitewash, calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, asbestis or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH) 2) or chalk (calcium carbonate, CaCO 3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes used.
Distemper is a decorative paint and a historical medium for painting pictures, and contrasted with tempera. The binder may be glues of vegetable or animal origin (excluding egg). Soft distemper is not abrasion resistant and may include binders such as chalk, ground pigments, and animal glue.
Whitewashing is the act of minimizing or covering up vices, crimes or scandals, or of exonerating the guilty by means of a perfunctory investigation or biased presentation of data with the intention to improve someone's reputation.
As applied to entertainment, whitewashing generally refers to the practice of casting White actors in non-White roles in order to appeal to larger audiences, at the expense of diverse representation.
A list of chemical analysis methods with acronyms. A Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) ... Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) C. Capillary electrophoresis ...
In cinema's early days, whitewashing was overt. In the first screen adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" produced in 1903, all of the major black roles were played by white ...
Whitewashing in beauty is a phenomenon in the intersection of the fashion industry, digital photography, mass media, marketing and advertising. It describes a situation in which the skin tone of non-white people is digitally retouched or physically modified to appear whiter .
Septium is central to the function of Orbal energy, which can power appliances, vehicles, or channel elemental power in the form of "Arts", magical techniques used in combat. Silver rock stone Pokémon: A silvery substance, one of the hardest in the Pokémon world, and which only occurs on Silver Rock Isle.