watercolor
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərˌkʌlər/
- US
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- For her art class, she decided to use watercolor paints instead of oil.
- watercolor paper
- pencil and watercolor
- ink and watercolor
I put water on it and it was watercolour paint.
- I put water on it and it was watercolour paint.
- She's been, you know, working with oils and watercolours.
- But I like using watercolor pencils as watercolor.
- I got a watercolor drawing pad.
Examples
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I knew I should have used watercolors.
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Anyway, my dear, I am getting out of photography now and into watercolors.
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So I'm using hot press watercolor paper and it's smooth.
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I got a watercolor drawing pad.
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And she loves to do beautiful watercolors like this.
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Within half an hour, half of the watercolors were sold out.
Fiction book (2001) -
Shall I get our watercolors so we paint for a while?
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In the afternoon, his father brought him a box of watercolors and brushes with a lot of paper.
Fiction book (1998) -
The students practiced creating color wheels and color groupings with the watercolor paints.
Academic text (2008) -
The Brooklyn Museum also contained the watercolors that John Singer Sargent had brought back from the West Indies.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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9.4
A paint like watercolor used for thick, solid colors that are not see-through
A paint mixed with water that makes light, see-through colours
How Fast-Drying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Watercolor comes from water + color, and it names the paint made when pigment is mixed with water. So watercolor means the kind of paint that is 'made with water' and used on paper.