watercolor
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
watercolor
- Details
A transparent aqueous based paint produced by mixing ground pigments with water and, generally, gum arabic. Aqueous based paints made with vegetable gum binders were used by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artists for wall paintings. Japanese and Chinese painters extensively used watercolor paints on silk panels and delicate paper scrolls. In the 16th through18th century, watercolor paints were used for miniature illustrations on porcelain, ivory, cards, books and manuscripts. By the 18th and early 19th centuries, watercolors rapidly increased in popularity due to the availability of small cakes of watercolor paints in metal pans, usually applied to a paper support by using a brush.
- Variations
watercolours (medium)
watercolors
water color
water-colour
water colour
watercolour
watercolor paint
water color paint
water-colours
colour, water
water-colour paint
acuarela
aquarelle
akvarell
aquarelles
Aquarell
akvarel
aquarel
acquerello
akwarela
aguarela
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