Vocabulary - T

  • Tempera

    - Tempera is a word used to describe any type of binder such as oil, water or egg that makes a pigment workable as a paint form. 
  • Terra cotta

    - Commonly used for ceramic sculpture, it is a brownish-orange earthenware clay. 
  • Tertiary colors

    - Colors that represent a mixture of secondary colors. 
  • Texture

    - The surface feel of an object (actual) or the representation of surface character (implied). Texture can be experienced through both touch and vision.  
  • Tint

    - Tint is the opposite of shade. Tinting is combining white with a color to make it lighter.