Aquarelle

Description

Transparent watercolor paints. Aquarelle colors are often applied in thin washes over a white surface. They are also used to manually color printed pictures.

Synonyms and Related Terms

acuarela (Esp.); aquarelle (Fr.); acquerello (It.); aguarela (Port.); aquarel

Authority

• Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998