Satisfied returning a touch of paint with time – this paint?

• Painting technique
• Type of paint
• Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
• Technique of painting
• Alternative to oils or watercolor

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

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, ...

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 ]

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 ...