watercolour
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Painting and drawing
wa·ter·col·our British EnglishBrE, watercolor American English /ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə $ ˈwɔːtərˌkʌlər, ˈwɑː-/ noun 1 
[countableC usually plural, uncountableU]AVP a type of paint that you mix with water 水彩颜料
[countableC usually plural, uncountableU]AVP a type of paint that you mix with water 水彩颜料 Margaret began experimenting with watercolor.
玛格丽特开始尝试使用水彩颜料。
2 [countableC]AVP a picture painted using watercolours 水彩画
a watercolour of the castle
那座城堡的水彩画
Examples from the Corpus
watercolour• The acrylic is not effective to use in the traditional opaque sense, it must be treated as a watercolour.• Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, with bristle mainly for oils.• I always use Langton watercolour paper, which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour.• I have just started using the medium of watercolour, struggling along and producing paintings of a particular subject.• Other watercolour and drawing papers are available.• Stretching watercolour paper How do I stretch watercolour papers so that they remain completely smooth during use?