Watercolor dictionary
Have you ever wondered what a watercolor is well…
Facts.
- A water color is practically just a normal color with a different shade almost like blue and dark blue but water colors are a little bit more complicated than that
- There are two main watercolor companies called Winsor and Newton
- there are original colors like brown, blue and more
- You need to add water to the paint to make it a watercolor, if you don’t the color will just dry out.
Definition /Dictionary
Dilute-adding water to paint in order of lightening the color of the paint
Intensity-A color’s brightness or strength
Glazing-Adding a thin layers of one color over another color
Layering-Adding color that have been mixed over another color to change its value or intensity
Value or Tone-The different from light to dark of a color to find out shadows and highlights of an object
Tint- creating color by adding more water then usually to the original to created a weaker color
Movement- the effect that you get when you let water move around the page
Water into color- where you use water to mix the paint on a pallet onto the paper
Color into water- where you paint the page with water first then add color into it
Dry brush-a dry brush with little paint and liquid over the paper for texture
Landscape-A large area with little scenery,like a desert landscape
Cool colors-colors that make you think of coldness
Warm colors- colors that make you think of warm places
Atmospheric perspective-Creating the illusion of distance by fading colors and taking away detail.
Dilute ![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.11.10.jpg)
Intensity![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.15.39.jpg)
Glazing watercolor ![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.17.21.jpg)
Layering![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.20.01.jpg)
Value or tone![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.21.16.jpg)
Tint.![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.22.16-264x300.jpg)
Movement.![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.23.14.jpg)
Water into color![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.24.38.jpg)
Color into water![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.25.19.jpg)
Dry brush![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.26.04.jpg)
Landscape.![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.26.49-300x167.jpg)
Cool colors![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.27.23.jpg)
Warm color![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.28.03.png)
Atmospheric perspective![](https://hhssionew.edublogs.org/files/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-18-12.28.40.jpg)