tempera

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The low-key colors of Wyeth's work stem partly from his frequent use of tempera, a technique he began using in 1942.

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  1. noun A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color, poster paint.
  2. noun Painting done in this medium.

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  • The mediums of oils and tempera are especially adapted to the requirements of those who see things rather as a diaper of shapes than as a map of lines; while for these last the point of pen, burin, or etching-needle offers the most congenial implement. —  Albert Durer
  • I was preoccupied knocking up a plywood crate for the tempera. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • Likewise, Tooker's friendship with artist Paul Cadmus, who advised him to switch to egg tempera, and with William Christopher, his life partner and fellow activist in the Civil Rights Movement, are well documented. —  California Literary Review
  • Limit time on beaches and pavements the pet unattended inside the car or in a truck simple: pay attention to daily tempera - temperature. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Did you will absorb the heat, raising it's body tempera - time, the temperature inside a parked car heat waves. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. Italian, from temperare, to mingle, from Latin temperāre; see temper.

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  1. Italian: see temper.
 

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/ˈtɛmpɛrə/
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