watercolor

wa·ter·col·or

noun \ˈwȯ-tər-ˌkə-lər, ˈwä-\

Definition of WATERCOLOR

1

: a paint of which the liquid is a water dispersion of the binding material (as glue, casein, or gum)

2

: the art or method of painting with watercolors

3

: a picture or design executed in watercolors

— watercolor adjective

— wa·ter·col·or·ist \-ˌkə-lə-rist\ noun

Examples of WATERCOLOR

1. a landscape done in watercolor
2. He only works in watercolors.
3. We bought a watercolor of the shore.

First Known Use of WATERCOLOR

1596

Rhymes with WATERCOLOR

local color, Technicolor