White was one of the first colors used in art. The Lascaux Cave in France contains drawings of bulls and other animals drawn by Paleolithic artists between 18,000 and 17,000 years ago. 15th century artists created their white color using lime, calcite or gypsum. Titanium white is the most popular white for artists today; it is the  brightest available white pigment, and has twice the coverage of lead white. It first became commercially available in 1921. It is made out of titanium dioxide because of its brilliant whiteness and is used as a colorant for most toothpaste, sunscreen and white paint.

White is often chosen as the dominant shade in an interior paint color palette because of the versatility and flexibility it offers to changing the secondary and accent hues. In its purest form, white is symbolic of peace, innocence, clean slates, and goodness. Follow the evolution of the color White below to see beautiful color palettes from the different decades. 

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