tin-white

[ tin-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

/ ˈtɪnˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt /

white, as the color of tin; bluish-white.

Origin of tin-white

First recorded in 1790–1800; tin + white

Aluminium is a tin-white metal which melts at 640° and is very light, having a density of 2.68.

An Elementary Study of Chemistry |William McPherson
The colour is lead-grey inclining to tin-white and often with a yellowish or iridescent tarnish.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 |Various
The commercial and impure metal is of a tin-white color, and may frequently be split in parallel strata.

A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe |Anonymous
Sometimes pyrites of a tin-white color are found mixed among the coal.

Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft