An analogous compound, bismuth oxynitrate is used as a white pigment also.

In older texts bismuth oxynitrate is often simply described as BiONO.

Glucose or fructose reduces bismuth oxynitrate to bismuth under alkaline conditions.

Bismuth white (also "Spanish white") can refer to either bismuth oxychloride or bismuth oxynitrate (BiONO), when used as a white pigment.

Other names for bismuth oxynitrate include bismuth subnitrate and bismuthyl nitrate.

Bismuth oxynitrate was once called magisterium bismuti or bismutum subnitricum, and was used as a white pigment, in beauty care, and as a gentle disinfectant for internal and external use.