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GOUACHE

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 280 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOUACHE  , a

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French word adapted from the Ital. guazzo (probably in origin connected with "
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wash "), meaning literally a "
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ford," but used also for a method of
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painting in opaque
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water-
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colour . The
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colours are mixed with or painted in a vehicle of
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gum or
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honey, and whereas in true water-colours the high
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lights are obtained by leaving
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blank the
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surface of the
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paper or other material used, or by allowing it to show through a translucent wash in " gouache," these are obtained by
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white or other
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light colour .

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