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Watercolor has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

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Noun
1

a painting produced with watercolors

"The artist carefully selected soft brushes to create a delicate landscape in watercolor that captured the morning mist perfectly."

2

a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists

"She chose to mix her own watercolors because she wanted more control over how quickly the water-based paint dried on the canvas."

3

water-soluble pigment

"The artist chose a bright red watercolor because its water-soluble pigment blended seamlessly into the wet paper."

4

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

"She spent the afternoon perfecting her watercolor, carefully layering washes to capture the soft glow of the sunset."

5

Alternative spelling of watercolour

"In British art classes, students often prefer to spell their supplies as watercolor rather than watercolour when filling out international shipping forms."

Verb
1

paint with watercolors

"The artist decided to try painting a landscape with watercolors because she wanted to capture the soft morning light."

Adjective
1

Alternative spelling of watercolour

"The artist signed her work as a traditional watercolor painting, even though the dictionary lists it as an alternative spelling for watercolour."

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