Associations to the word «Tempera»

Wiktionary

TEMPERA, noun. A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as well as the associated artistic techniques.
TEMPERA GRASSA, noun. A variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.

Dictionary definition

TEMPERA, noun. Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope