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Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
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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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Areas of bright stucco work have been found over the first layer of tempera . ▪ As the varnish dries, so the egg tempera closes up into a perfectly fine line. ▪ Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, ...
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- .