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COULEUR FINE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-31

English

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

Various paint media used by artists, such as oil paints, watercolors, gouache, tempera, encaustic, fresco, silicate esters, and latex.

Key term(s)
  • artists' colours

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
DEF

Appellation commune donnée aux produits pigmentés fabriqués spécialement pour les besoins artistiques ou pour l'enseignement. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

Les couleurs fines doivent leur appellation à la grande finesse de broyage des pâtes constituantes et, quelquefois aussi, à une sélection particulière des matières pulvérulentes qui entrent dans leur composition. [Observation reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.]

OBS

couleurs fines : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • couleur fine

Spanish

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