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WATERCOLOR [2 records]

Record 1 2017-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

A design or picture executed with a paint in which the pigment is dissolved in water and bound by a colloid agent so that it adheres to the working surface when applied with the brush.

Key term(s)
  • water color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

Œuvre obtenue à l'aide d'une peinture légère, délayée à l'eau, appliquée sur un papier spécial (papier-torchon).

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

Paint in which the pigment is dissolved in water and bound by a colloid agent so that it adheres to the working surface when applied with the brush.

CONT

Watercolour may be transparent or opaque and is usually applied to paper, but sometimes also to such materials as silk or vellum. The term arises because, in varying degrees, water is always used in the largest proportion and, in the purest application of the medium, twice-both to mix pigments and to dilute the colours ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

Peinture à la détrempe dans laquelle les couleurs, solubles dans l'eau additionnée de gomme arabique ou d'une substance chimique en tenant lieu, sont appliquées sur un support de papier ou de carton.

Spanish

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