tempera

Definition of temperanext

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Recent Examples of tempera Munch made many different versions of the celebrated work, including one painting (tempera and oil on cardboard), one drawing (crayon on cardboard) and six lithographs. Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025 The woman watches the late-shift employees trickle out through the double doors, past the window painted with sprawling tempera foliage. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 June 2025 The final lot, a tempera painting by Jacob Lawrence from 1958, failed to sell, providing a rather awkward round of applause to close the evening. Robb Report, 18 May 2025 A number of the pieces on display – including works in tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen, and fiber – have rarely been seen outside private collections. Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempera
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempera
Noun
  • Made with gouache and pencil on paper, the work depicts a guitar and several everyday objects, including a bottle and a folded sheet of paper, arranged on a table in soft brown and gray tones.
    Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • With an airbrush borrowed from his job at an ad agency, Man Ray would blast droplets of gouache onto board or heavy paper and use stencils to organize the spray.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sweet shades of pastel get an edge when combined with chrome.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Her lips were lined with a dark greige liner, but instead of a pale pink, prismatic pastel, or shimmery beige lip color, Smith opted for a color-changing gold that flashed with metallic champagne tones in one light and warm, fiery orange in others, depending on the angle and the light.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, buy her the miniature version, a plush scarf in watercolor-like color palettes to keep her warm all season long.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2026
  • To keep up with ever-increasing viewer demands, Xu said Youku has had to keep raising the series’ production quality, from the level of detail in its animations to hiring better artists to paint the watercolor stills that appear in the show.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That includes preventive treatments for fleas and ticks and heartworm and vaccinations for parvo, distemper and rabies, says Kohl.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Per Cook County ordinance, dog owners also must submit their dogs' vaccine records — with proof of their dogs' vaccines or titers (antibodies) for rabies, distemper (CFV), hepatitis (Canine Adenovirus-2), parainfluenza (CPIV), parvovirus (CPV), leptospirosis, and Bordetella (kennel cough).
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • When the box is lit, the acrylic pieces shine and play off each other.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Fibers from clothing made with synthetic materials like nylon, polyester, acrylic, and rayon contain microplastics that pose health hazards to humans and wildlife.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.
    USA Today staff, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Loose, gestural ink drawings sit alongside still lifes of treasured objects, flea market finds are arranged like miniature stage sets, and candid snapshots of her Milan existence are collaged with painterly abandon.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The etchings had been in the family for roughly a century.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The first-floor bedroom is now a cozy den with dark navy blue walls, dog etchings by French artist Leon D’anchin and the Hermès dog plates, and an attached bathroom is decorated with Scalamandré’s famous prancing zebra pattern wallpaper.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

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“Tempera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempera. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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