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Adjectives commonly used to describe "paint" — vivid descriptors for richer, more specific prose.
(adj)
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
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(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
(n)
The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
Of a blue hue.
Newly produced or obtained; recent.
Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Having no variations in height.
Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
Having a color.
(not comparable) Newly created.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
(painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Having two or more separate aspects.
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
Free from or lacking moisture.
Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing.
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
British standard spelling of colored.
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
(v)
(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
Low or reduced in price.
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
Reflecting light.
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
The lowest part of anything.
(adv)
Sufficiently.
As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
(countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
Serving or intended to protect.
Light in color.
(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
Resistant to the effects of water.
(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
A method of food preservation by removing water.
Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
The adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality.
which has been made into a powder
Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
(comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
Containing or treated with the element lead.
The space beyond some limit or boundary.
A phosphorescent substance.
Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
(chiefly in the plural, usually of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack.
(uncountable) Level of excellence.
Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
Somewhat red.