Painting process

• Tone down a painter's medium
• Technique of painting
• Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
• Oilless paint
• Tone down a painting technique

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, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as well as the associated artistic techniques.

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.)).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tempera \Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig ...