watercolour

Etymology

water + colour

noun

  1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment.
    Jim's aunt only uses watercolours to paint her pictures.
  2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.
    Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.
  3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.
    I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

adj

  1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

verb

  1. To paint using watercolour

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