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CarolM5397 wrote:
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> "How do you feel about calling both tempera and gouache "opaque
> watercolor" ?
TEMPERA: Originally a pigment ground with egg emulsion, properly called
egg tempera, that dries hard and quickly and is very permanent; while egg
tempera is still used, in general, the term refers to *goache*, poster
colors, and other *opaque watercolors*. (Asterisks mine.)
Elspass, Margy Lee (1984). North Light Dictionary of Art Terms.
Cincinnati, OH : Writer's Digest Books.
The term "opaque watercolor," has been around a long time. We were using
it over 35 years ago for the same purpose you describe, and we picked it
up from others before us.
T.
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