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oil paint


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oil paint

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A paint made by grinding pigments with a drying oil such as linseed oil. After 1940 alkyd binders were often added to oil paint to provide faster drying times.

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color, oil

paint, oil

oil color

colour, oil

oil paints

oil

oils

oil colour

oil colours

peinture à l'huile

peintures à l'huile

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