water-base paint

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water-base paint - paint in which water is used as the vehicle calcimine - a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings casein paint, casein - a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk latex paint, rubber-base paint, latex - a water-base paint that has a latex binder paint, pigment - a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" poster color, poster colour, poster paint, tempera - pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk wash - a thin coat of water-base paint water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour - a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists