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Vinony's link graph records 12 inbound references to imprimatura, and connects out to art, color and painting.
It is catalogued under the topic Painting techniques.
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thumb|Imprimatura for plein air studies
In painting, imprimatura is an initial stain of color painted on a ground. It provides a painter with a transparent, toned ground, which will allow light falling onto the painting to reflect through the paint layers. The term comes from Italian and literally means 'first paint layer'. Its use as an underpainting layer can be dated back to the guilds and workshops during the Middle Ages; however, it came into standard use by painters during the Renaissance, particularly in Italy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “imprimatura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.