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2. Paint - Wikipedia

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   Pollution. Paint is a material or mixture that, after applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer. As art, this is used to create an image, 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.

3. Watercolor painting - Wikipedia

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   An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush Love's Messenger, an 1885 watercolor and tempera by Marie Spartali Stillman. Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also aquarelle (French:; from Italian diminutive of Latin aqua 'water'), is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution.

4. Water miscible oil paint - Wikipedia

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   Water-miscible oil paint (also called water-soluble oil paint or water-mixable oil paint) is oil paint either engineered or to which an emulsifier has been added, allowing it to be thinned and cleaned up with water. [1] [2] These paints make it possible to avoid using, or at least reduce volatile organic compounds such as turpentine that may be ...

5. Acrylic paint - Wikipedia

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   Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers, silicone oils, defoamers, stabilizers, or metal soaps. [2] Most acrylic paints are water-based, but become water-resistant when dry.

6. Environmental effects of paint - Wikipedia

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   Low VOC paints improve indoor air quality and reduce urban smog. [citation needed] The beneficial characteristics of such paints include low odor, clean air, and safer technology, as well as excellent durability and a washable finish. Low-VOC paint types include latex (water-based), recycled latex (water-based), acrylic, and milk paint.

7. Tempera - Wikipedia

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   Tempera. Tempera ( Italian: [ˈtɛmpera] ), also known as egg 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. Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long-lasting, and examples from the ...