also water-color, 1590s, "pigment that dissolves in water," from water (n.1) + color (n.). Meaning "picture painted in watercolors" is attested from 1854.

A paint composed of pigment mixed into water; a work of art made with this paint. Related: Tapping the Subconscious: Automatism and Dreams Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889

Paint in which the pigment (color) is suspended in water. Most often painted on paper, watercolors were also used to give color to drawings and to black-and-white prints (such as those by Currier and [..]

A graphic work executed in water-soluble pigment, usually applied with a brush onto a support such as vellum, canvas, or dampened paper, in a technique that pre-dates oil painting. As the water evapor [..]

(n) a painting produced with watercolors(n) a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists(n) water-soluble pigment(n) the art or technique of painting with watercolors(v) paint wit [..]

A technique of painting using a binder made from a water-soluble gum. Watercolors can be transparent or opaque.

A medium which has only recently become 'respectable' for finished paintings, it was used pre-20th century only for thinning, lightening, mixing or sketching. However attitudes were changed [..]

Any paint that uses water as a medium. Paintings done with this medium are known as watercolors.

Watercolor painting is characterized by colorful pigments dissolved in water producing a translucent image. back to top

A transparent painting medium using ground pigment mixed with water, most often using the whiteness of the paper in conjunction with the transparency of the pigment (color) to create effects. A highly [..]

A paint that uses water-soluble gum as a binder and is characterized by the transparency that is created by diluting the paint with water. Also, the painting that is created with this media is called a watercolor.

Pigments dissolved in water. Watercolor painting typically is done on relatively rough surfaced absorbent paper.

A painting method that uses water-soluble paints typically applied in a series of washes on paper.

1). A painting method; genre. Watercolor became widespread during the Renaissance (15th and 16th Centuries), believe to be brought to popularity by Albrecht Dürer, a famous German botanical, wildlife [..]

Color or pigments are finely ground and mixed with water. The support for these paints can be paper, plastics, vellum, leather, fabric, wood or canvas. The watercolor medium produces delicate, translu [..]

water-soluble pigments combined with water-soluble gum as a binder, and water as a medium, to make transparent paint.