Paints

practice of applying watercolor to a surface

Paint is a material or mixture that, when applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer. As art, this is used to create an image or images known as a painting. Paint can be made in many colors and types. Most paints are either oil-based or water-based, and each has distinct characteristics.

thumb|Crevole Madonna by [[Duccio, tempera with gold ground on wood, 1284, Siena]] Tempera () is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. There are several types of tempera paint, but the one containing egg yolk is called egg tempera. Tempera paint made from the milk protein is Casein paint. If the binder is synthetic PVA, the result is polyvinyl acetate tempera. A distemper paint consisting of pigment and binders such as cornstarch, gum arabic and other gums is called poster paint in

type of fast-drying paint that consists of pigments or dyes bound in an emulsion of acrylic

type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil

thumb|upright=1.2|Lacquerware|Lacquer dish with Chinese character for longevity, mid 16th century thumb|Maki-e [[sake bottle with Tokugawa clan's mon (emblem), Japan, Edo period]] thumb|Lacquer plate, Nam Định province, Vietnam, Nguyễn dynasty

color

preparatory coating put on materials before painting

any of several solvents used to dissolve paint

writing or art medium

deep blue pigment first mixed by the French artist Yves Klein

Paint glowing in the dark

type of paint

Specialist paint that greatly inhibits bio-fouling

toxic type of household and industrial paint

paint that air dries to a hard, usually glossy, finish, used for coating surfaces that are outdoors or otherwise subject to hard wear or variations in temperature

thumb|A Dulux store in Richmond Hill, Ontario thumb|A Dulux store in Hong Kong

thumb|right|Hanging scroll painting by Gao Qipei: Finger Painting of Eagle and Pine Trees. On display at the [[Shanghai Museum.]]

coloring and resistance to corrosion of cars

type of paint used on cars

kind of paint

property of paint