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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Any vegetable oil extracted from seeds by crushing in hydraulic or screw-type press at ambient temperature. Cold-pressing extracts a smaller portion of oil than hot-pressing, but it produces a higher quality oil that is clearer and has fewer impurities. Cold pressed linseed oil is the best for artists' use. It is thin, flows well and produces brilliant, true colors. | + | Any [[vegetable oil]] extracted from seeds by crushing in hydraulic or screw-type press at ambient temperature. Cold-pressing extracts a smaller portion of oil than hot-pressing, but it produces a higher quality oil that is clearer and has fewer impurities. Cold pressed linseed oil is the best for artists' use. It is thin, flows well and produces brilliant, true colors. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | + | cold-pressed oil (AAT); aceite prensado en frio (Esp.); olio spremuto a freddo (It) | |
| − | == | + | ==Resources and Citations=== |
* M. Doerner, ''The Materials of the Artist'', Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1934 | * M. Doerner, ''The Materials of the Artist'', Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1934 | ||
Latest revision as of 14:45, 1 July 2022
Description
Any Vegetable oil extracted from seeds by crushing in hydraulic or screw-type press at ambient temperature. Cold-pressing extracts a smaller portion of oil than hot-pressing, but it produces a higher quality oil that is clearer and has fewer impurities. Cold pressed linseed oil is the best for artists' use. It is thin, flows well and produces brilliant, true colors.
Synonyms and Related Terms
cold-pressed oil (AAT); aceite prensado en frio (Esp.); olio spremuto a freddo (It)
Resources and Citations=
- M. Doerner, The Materials of the Artist, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1934
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000