milk-white

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Upstairs, near the relics of the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian, is the last work of 17th-century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini – a wild-haired bust of Jesus in milk-white marble.

From National Geographic • Apr. 15, 2023

In the altarpiece panel depicting the nude Adam, moved to the MSK, you can see a dusting of individual black hairs on his milk-white thighs and calves, and even his toenails have been meticulously curved.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020

The milk-white skin was dry to the touch, brownish and rough in places.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016

The massive, milk-white blimps can be grounded by bad weather and, if deployed in combat zones, would be especially vulnerable to enemy attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2015

It seemed inconceivable that a spectacular streak of milk-white flame, rising and setting with the stars night after night, was not there for a reason, did not hold some portent for human affairs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan