TEMPERA

tempera, poster paint, poster color, poster colour

(noun) pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tempera (countable and uncountable, plural temperas)

A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as well as the associated artistic techniques.

Coordinate term: oil paint

(countable) A painting done in this medium.

Anagrams

• Tampere, treemap

Source: Wiktionary


Tem"pe*ra, n. Etym: [It.] (Paint.)

Definition: A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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