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Type of water-based paint
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tempera
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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 ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tempera is a painting medium. Tempera may also refer to: MT Tempera , a Finnish oil tanker Tempera (horse) , an American Thoroughbred racehorse
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.)).
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- .