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Answer for the clue "Painter's medium ", 7 letters:
tempera

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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 ...

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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- .