water-colour
3.5
To paint using water and colour on paper
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərˌkʌlər/
- UK
:
acuarela
- During the workshop, participants learned the fundamentals of water-colour painting.
Examples
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She demonstrated her water-colour technique by painting a delicate flower.
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The artist created a stunning landscape using water-colour paints on the canvas.
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They're almost like a water colour stain.
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So I'm just going over those edges just like a bit of water colour back to that same brush just to knock it off and blend it in.
Synonyms
9
3.7
The art of painting with thin water-based paint on paper
is the same technique but written with a hyphen
aquarelle
vswater-colour
9.3
A painting made with transparent watercolor paints
includes both transparent and non transparent water based pigments
How Opaque
gouache
2
9.4
- Specialized
2
9.4
oil paint
4
3.3
- Specialized
4
3.3
acrylic paint
1
3.2
1
3.2
water-colour
- UK
wash
10
6.7
- Specialized
10
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Water-colour comes from the simple combination of water and colour, meaning 'colour mixed with water'. So the art of water-colour is painting where water carries the colour across the paper to make soft, see-through layers, which is why the style is called water-colour.