tempera

We have heard indigo complained of as a fugitive colour; Cennino mentions it for skies with a tempera of glue.

It is executed in tempera upon the wall of the church, close to the principal entrance.

It is painted in tempera on linen cloth attached to wood, and even in Vasari's day its preservation was deemed remarkable.

Unlike Perugino, he never mastered the use of oil, but painted in tempera.

The objection to tempera, so far at any rate as northern countries were concerned, was that it suffered from the damp.