tempera
pronunciation
How to pronounce tempera in British English:
UK [ˈtempərə]
How to pronounce tempera in American English:
US [ˈtɛmpərə]
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- Noun:
- pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
Word Origin
- tempera
- tempera: see distemper
- tempera (n.)
- also tempra, 1832, from Italian tempera (in phrase pingere a tempera), back-formation from temperare "to mix colors, temper," from Latin temperare "to mix in due proportion" (see temper (v.)).
Example
- 1. The acclaimed artist painted landscapes and figure subjects and worked mostly in tempera and watercolor .
- 2. Yet this rich exhibition , the first of its kind in france , is still a remarkable coup given that curators fear lending fragile tempera paintings on wood .
- 3. Fluorescent egg tempera , lead antimonate , raw sienna , raw umber , bohemian green earth , lead white in oils on board .
- 4. After watching a seed grow into a plant a child might be inspired to draw the plant , to make leaf rubbings , to make a sculpture of a plant , or to create an original work in watercolor or tempera paints .