oil color

noun

1

: a pigment used for oil paint

2

: oil paint

Examples of oil color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The vibrancy of Cranach’s original oil colors was exposed, together with scarred areas of paint loss. — Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024

If applied to a canvas, the paste would create a smooth base layer that painters could beautify with oil colors. Eckersberg, Købke, and their fellow painters likely didn’t interact with the beer. — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 25 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for oil color

• bicolor
• concolor
• discolor
• tricolor
• colour
• culler
• duller
• multicolor
• technicolor
• unicolor
• versicolor
• watercolor