different between watercolour vs gouache

English

Alternative forms

• watercolor (mostly US)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?.t??k?.l?/

Etymology

water +? colour

Noun

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment.

2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.

   Synonym: aquarelle

3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.

Derived terms

• watercolourist

Translations

Adjective

watercolour (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

Translations

Verb

watercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)

1. To paint using watercolour

Further reading

• watercolor painting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gouache, from Italian guazzo.

Noun

gouache (countable and uncountable, plural gouaches)

1. (painting) A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

   Coordinate terms: tempera, oil paint, India ink

   Hypernym: watercolour

2. (painting, countable) A painting made with this paint.

Translations

Further reading

• gouache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• couhage

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian guazzo (“water paint, splash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?/

Noun

gouache f (plural gouaches)

1. gouache

Derived terms

• gouacher

Further reading

• “gouache” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).