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# watercolour

«watercolour» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind of paint that you mix with water; it gives light…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a watercolour, watercolours; watercolour, uncountable); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Watercolour is a kind of paint that you mix with water; it gives light, see-through colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#m1)

2) A watercolour is a picture painted with this paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In art lessons, pupils use watercolour palettes and brushes, wet the paint, and learn to paint light washes and blend colours. In science, it shows that some colours mix and spread in water. Phrases: «a watercolour painting», «watercolour paints», «paint in watercolour».

### examples

- We painted the sky in watercolour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#x1)
- Her watercolour of the sea won a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#x2)
- Wet the brush before you use the watercolours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#x3)
- Watercolour paint looks light and see-through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#x4)
- Let the first colour dry before painting the next. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#x5)
- The museum had watercolours of old ships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/#x6)

### note

British spelling «watercolour»; American spelling «watercolor». Countable for paintings and paint blocks («two watercolours»), uncountable for the type of paint («painted in watercolour»).

### In the corpora

- [Watercolour can sometimes be lifted with a tissue, and spills can be turned into clouds or water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/7/)
- [Watercolour and acrylic paint rinse out in water; oil paint needs an adult and a special cleaner, which can be poisonous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «watercolour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watercolour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.