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Painter's medium
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tempera
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also tempra , 1832, from Italian tempera (in phrase pingere a tempera ), back-formation from temperare "to mix colors, temper," from Latin temperare "to mix in due proportion" (see temper (v.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tempera , also known as egg tempera , is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium (usually a glutinous material such as egg yolk or some other size ). Tempera also refers to the paintings ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk [syn: poster paint , poster color , poster colour ]
Usage examples of tempera.
He painted in oil, tempera, and for glass, and is supposed to have gained his brilliant colors by using a gilt ground.
The panels were done in tempera with figures in light colors upon gold grounds.
He painted a most moving picture of a greathearted, pleasure-loving, tempera- mental man, suddenly overtaken by a passion for a lovely young girl, conscience-stricken, yet unable to resist.
She watched the way his muscles moved beneath his skin as he matched Racer's gait with a gentle up-and-down and she felt a glow of warmth that was not from the tempera- .