imprimaturan.
/ˌɪmpriːməˈt(j)ʊərə/ A thin priming or ground, frequently coloured, applied to an artist's canvas or panel.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > laying on of colour > of preparatory layer > preparatory layer
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1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) 434 Imprimatura, a veil or thin glaze of colour applied to a ground as a preliminary coating. Term not in very wide use.
1958 M. L. Wolf Dict. Painting 137 Imprimatura, in painting, a type of glaze applied as a toner to the canvas or other ground..an underpainting, intended to relieve the monotony of a white or gray background.
1967 J. N. Barron Lang. of Painting 99 Imprimatura, a thin glaze or veil of color brushed or rubbed over the white of a ground... It may also be used at the same time to reduce, if necessary, the absorbency of the ground.
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