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watercolour
(ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə) orwatercolor
n
1. (Art Terms) (usually plural)
a. Also called: pure watercolour water-soluble pigment, applied in transparent washes and without the admixture of white pigment in the lighter tones
b. any water-soluble pigment, including opaque kinds such as gouache and tempera
2. (Art Terms)
a. a painting done in watercolours
b. (as modifier): a watercolour masterpiece.
3. (Art Terms) the art or technique of painting with such pigments
ˈwaterˌcolourist, ˈwaterˌcolorist n
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Noun | 1. | ![]() pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) |
2. | ![]() gouache - an opaque watercolor prepared with gum water-base paint - paint in which water is used as the vehicle | |
3. | ![]() 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 painting - creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years" | |
Verb | 1. | ![]() 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" |
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Translations
vodová barva
vandfarve
vesiväri
vodene bojice
水彩絵の具
수채화
akvarell
สีน้ำ
tranh vẽ bằng màu nước
watercolour
watercolor (US) [ˈwɔːtəˌkʌləʳ] N → acuarela fto paint in watercolours → pintar a la acuarela
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watercolour
watercolor (Am) [ˈwɔːtəˌkʌləʳ] n (picture) → acquerello; (paints) watercolours npl → acquerelli mplCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
watercolour
→ لَوْنٌ مَائِيّ vodová barva vandfarve Wasserfarbe νερομπογιά acuarela vesiväri aquarelle vodene bojice acquarello 水彩絵の具 수채화 aquarel vannfarge akwarela aguarela, aquarela акварель akvarell สีน้ำ suluboya tranh vẽ bằng màu nước 水彩画Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009