bianco calce

English translation: lime white/whitewash

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Italian term or phrase:	bianco calce
English translation:	lime white/whitewash
Entered by:	simon tanner

11:31 Jan 17, 2008

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Italian term or phrase: bianco calce

What do you call this color in English?

Robert Mongiello KudoZ activity Questions: 356 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) Answers: 121
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lime white/whitewash

Explanation:
bianco di calce is whitewash. As seen in the reference below, lime white is used as the name of this colour

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simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 13:01

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lime white/whitewash

simon tanner

chalk white

Rachel Fell

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lime white/whitewash

Explanation:
bianco di calce is whitewash. As seen in the reference below, lime white is used as the name of this colour

Reference: http://www.farrow-ball.com/productdetails.aspx?pid=0001LW&ci...

simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 13:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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thanks

2 hrs confidence:

chalk white

Explanation:
if it's just for a colour name, I'd probably say this - lime could suggest a green tone in English

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-17 14:37:26 GMT)
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woops. have just seen Simon's paint ref./mention, but anyway:

BT Décor 1200 Chalk White Corded Telephone With Caller Display

http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-5019-BT-Decor-1200-Cha...

WILTSHIRE WHITE
A pure chalk white as found in various regions of Great Britain. The famous 'white horses' of Wiltshire cut into the chalk and made in the 18th and 19th centuries exhibit this purity of colour.
http://www.heritagepaints.co.uk/wiltshire_white.html

Splash out with colour
Recognising this trend, Dulux has launched the Feature Wall range, giving every ... clove brown, lido blue, chalk white, Lincoln green. fresh plaster, ...
archive.oxfordmail.net/2007/5/31/156075.html - 16k -

Compare stores & shop for Appliances. Read consumer reviews before you buy Crown 2kw Fan Heater. ... 3 Contemporary Wall Hung Fire Chalk White Finish 2kW ...
www.bizrate.co.uk/heaters/oid653423244.html - 117k -

11/0 Chalk White Opaque Seed Beads (1 hank) - $2.63 : Beada Beada ...
Beada Beada 11/0 Chalk White Opaque Seed Beads (1 hank) - ... Crown Shaped Squaredelles 6mm Clear A/B (1 Crown Shaped Squaredelles 6mm Clear A/B (1 piece) ...
www.beadabeada.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&product... - 26k

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:01
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English
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