tempera

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Venetian painting of the Renaissance is richly, radiantly colored, mainly because it is oil-based, unlike the Florentines’ water-based tempera, which yields a more chromatically subdued result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Once the primer dried, she painted over it with metallic silver tempera paint.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

One of them, a tiny prayer book from the 15th century, is leather-bound with egg-based tempera paint and touches of gold leaf on parchment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

He preferred tempera, a medium he loved because it dried quickly and enabled him to achieve a feeling of decay.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

When Leonardo is an apprentice, painters in Italy use tempera: water plus color plus egg yolk.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day