paint; pigment




a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

"artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

Type of:
  • coating; coat
  • coloring material; colouring material; color; colour

Types:
  • acrylic; acrylic paint
  • antifouling paint
  • coat of paint
  • distemper
  • enamel
  • encaustic
  • finger paint; fingerpaint
  • house paint; housepaint
  • oil paint
  • semigloss
  • spray paint
  • water-base paint


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