noun

• A red form of lead oxide used as a pigment.

  ‘Pigments such as red lead, white lead, Spanish brown, and indigo blue were mixed with water and size (animal skin glue) to make paint.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He rolled them in baking grease and then rolled them in red lead, lead oxide.’
  • ‘Stones and metals fall under the rulership of planets, not signs, but through its association with Mars, Scorpio is often linked with iron, ochre, bloodstone, jasper, red lead or vermilion.’
  • ‘Imagine this in hand painted red lead, with two doors.’