watercolour

watercolour or US watercolor

Noun

1. a kind of paint that is applied with water rather than oil

2. a painting done in watercolours

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	watercolour - water-soluble pigment water-color, water-colour, watercolor pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
	2.	watercolour - a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists water-color, water-colour, watercolor gouache - an opaque watercolor prepared with gum water-base paint - paint in which water is used as the vehicle
	3.	watercolour - a painting produced with watercolors watercolor, water-color, water-colour gouache - a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" wash drawing, wash - a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
	4.	watercolour - the art or technique of painting with watercolors water-color, water-colour, watercolor painting - creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Verb	1.	watercolour - paint with watercolors watercolor artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"

Translations

watercolour, watercolor (US) [ˈwɔːtəkʌləʳ] n → acuarela

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watercolour (US), watercolor [ˈwɔːtəkʌləʳ] water n → aquarelle f;

watercolours npl → couleurs fpl pour aquarelle

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watercolour (US) watercolor [ˈwɔːtəkʌləʳ] water n (picture) → Aquarell nt;

watercolours water npl (paints) → Wasserfarben pl

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watercolour (US), watercolor [ˈwɔːtəkʌləʳ] n (picture) → acquerello;

watercolours npl → colori mpl per acquerelli