Definition of "pearl-white" [pearl-white]

• A substance prepared from the scales of the bleak, Alburnus lucidus, and of various cyprinoid and clupeoid fishes, used in making artificial pearls and for other purposes. See imitation pearls; under pearl, and oriental-pearl essence, under essence. (noun)
• A cosmetic of various composition, usually a basic nitrate of bismuth. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was just shy of 7: 00 am; the nearly bare trees formed a black filigree against the pearl-white, ochre, and quiet pink sky."
• "The feast is as luxurious as it is informal: hunks of lightly smoked bacon topped with Greek yogurt and caviar; slices of rosy, densely marbled loin veiled with sheets of pickled ginger; rice glistening with lobster essence and crowned with a single pearl-white knuckle of meat."
• "Ms. Shaw paid $18,000 for a pearl-white Nissan Motor Co. Cube, describing the boxy little car as the closest thing to a Saturn she could find."