watercolor
noun
wa·ter·col·or
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌkə-lər 
ˈwä-
1
: a paint of which the liquid is a water dispersion of the binding material (such as glue, casein, or gum)
2
: the art or method of painting with watercolors
3
: a picture or design executed in watercolors
watercolor
adjective
Examples of watercolor in a Sentence
a landscape done in watercolor
He only works in watercolors.
We bought a watercolor of the shore.
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Visual Arts: Experiment with watercolor, sketching, pottery or digital art.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The open-air art show brings together more than 150 local and regional fine artists with works ranging from watercolor, oils, mixed media and photography to glasswork, woodworking, jewelry, pottery and sculpture.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
Most of these sets come with different types of paints, including oil paints, watercolors and acrylics.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Scholars who weren’t alive for the 1793 showing at the Royal Academy mistook the setting for Rochester Castle (which Turner also painted that same year) and assumed the medium was watercolor.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The open-air art show brings together more than 150 local and regional fine artists with works ranging from watercolor, oils, mixed media and photography to glasswork, woodworking, jewelry, pottery and sculpture.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
Most of these sets come with different types of paints, including oil paints, watercolors and acrylics.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Scholars who weren’t alive for the 1793 showing at the Royal Academy mistook the setting for Rochester Castle (which Turner also painted that same year) and assumed the medium was watercolor.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for watercolor
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“Watercolor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watercolor. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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watercolor
noun
wa·ter·col·or
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌkəl-ər
ˈwät-
1
: a paint whose liquid part is water
2
: a picture painted with watercolor
3
: the art of painting with watercolor
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