watercolorist

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wa⋅ter⋅col⋅or

[waw-ter-kuhl-er, wot-er-]

–noun

1.	a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.

2.	the art or technique of painting with such pigments.

3.	a painting or design executed in such pigments by this technique.

Origin:
1590–1600; water + color

Related forms:

water-color, adjective

wa⋅ter⋅col⋅or⋅ist, noun

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wa·ter·col·or (wô'tər-kŭl'ər, wŏt'ər-)

1. A paint composed of a water-soluble pigment.
2. A work that is executed through the use of this paint.
The art of using watercolors.

wa'ter·col'or adj., wa'ter·col'or·ist n.

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Word Origin & History

watercolor

1596, "pigment that dissolves in water," from water + color. Meaning "picture painted in watercolors" is attested from 1854.

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