WordNet
n. a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment [syn: colour wash]
Wikipedia
thumb|250px|right|Example of a color wash in multiple hues A color wash is a popular technique in faux painting using paint thinned out with glaze to create a subtle wash of color over walls or other surfaces.
Color washing is an easy and forgiving form of faux finishing often used by beginners, but perfected by professional finishers. It was historically created with oil-based products because of the long drying time, but today's environmental and health conscious companies are producing user-friendly water based glazes. Color washing can be done in any color of paint and is generally applied with brushes over a solid paint color, using long sweeping strokes to meld the glaze colors together.
Category:Faux painting Category:Decorative arts
Usage examples of "color wash".
If they don't just go nonfunctional, then some of the components might work longer than others and you get an odd effect like a schematic or a wire-frame after all the other detail is gone, but you don't just have color wash out.
Had it been daylight, Merir must have seen the color wash from his face.
He walked in the chilling air, breathing in the smell of impending weather, letting the color wash over him.