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What (who) is oil paint - definition
Oil paint
![Pigments for sale at a market stall in [[Goa]], [[India]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indian pigments.jpg?width=200 "Pigments for sale at a market stall in [[Goa]], [[India]].")
![alpha-linolenic]] (middle), and [[oleic acid]]s (bottom). The order of drying rate is linolenic > linoleic > oleic acid, reflecting their degree of unsaturation.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ModelDryingOil.png?width=200 "alpha-linolenic]] (middle), and [[oleic acid]]s (bottom). The order of drying rate is linolenic > linoleic > oleic acid, reflecting their degree of unsaturation.")
.jpg?width=200 "Three oil paints, one of which is mixed with wax")
TYPE OF SLOW-DRYING PAINT THAT CONSISTS OF PARTICLES OF PIGMENT SUSPENDED IN A DRYING OIL
Painting Oil; Oil-based paint; Painting oil; History of oil paint; Chemistry of Oil Paint; History of Oil Paint; Oil based paint; Medium oil; Metal paint tube; Oil paints; Paint tube
Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried oil paint film.
oil paint
TYPE OF SLOW-DRYING PAINT THAT CONSISTS OF PARTICLES OF PIGMENT SUSPENDED IN A DRYING OIL
Painting Oil; Oil-based paint; Painting oil; History of oil paint; Chemistry of Oil Paint; History of Oil Paint; Oil based paint; Medium oil; Metal paint tube; Oil paints; Paint tube
¦ noun a paste made with ground pigment and a drying oil such as linseed oil, used chiefly by artists.
oil paint
TYPE OF SLOW-DRYING PAINT THAT CONSISTS OF PARTICLES OF PIGMENT SUSPENDED IN A DRYING OIL
Painting Oil; Oil-based paint; Painting oil; History of oil paint; Chemistry of Oil Paint; History of Oil Paint; Oil based paint; Medium oil; Metal paint tube; Oil paints; Paint tube
(oil paints)
Oil paint is a thick paint used by artists. It is made from coloured powder and linseed oil.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
Examples of use of oil paint
1. The artists will use a type of oil paint that repels the spray paint typically used by taggers.
2. Permission to reprint/republish Contrary to its appearance of immediate realization in oil paint, this painting took the artist some two or three years to complete.
3. Ofilis previous record price is $1 million (555,000) for a 1''6 paper collage with oil paint, glitter and dung, which sold in New York in May.
4. We haven‘t got any hair colour, says Dinos, rummaging through the pile of big, fat tubes of high–quality German oil paint.
5. KABUL (Reuters) – Scientists said on Tuesday they have proved the world‘s first ever oil paintings were in caves near two destroyed giant statues of Buddha in Afghanistan, hundreds of years before oil paint was used in Europe.