Associations to the word «Tempera»

Wiktionary

TEMPERA, noun. A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as well as the associated artistic techniques.
TEMPERA GRASSA, noun. A variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.

Dictionary definition

TEMPERA, noun. Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats