imprimatura
Imprimatura is an initial stain of oil colour painted on a white ground which provides you with a transparent toned ground. It is similar to a coloured ground but more transparent.
It comes from the Italian for 'first paint layer'. Often, the initial stain of colour painted on a ground is left visible in areas of the finished painting.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Arts & crafts
- Category: Oil painting
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- alicebratis
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