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Tempera

Tempera Meaning & Definition
Tempera Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tempera?

[n] pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tempera: poster color | poster colour | poster paint

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See Also | water-base paint

Tempera In Webster's Dictionary

\Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
\Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.

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