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A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color.
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- A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color.
- A picture painted with such colors.
- 1. A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color. Note: It preserves its consistency when dried in a solid cake, which is used by rubbing off a portion on a moistened palette. Moist water colors are water colors kept in a semifluid or pasty state in little metal tubes or pans. 2. A picture painted with such colors.