Found 2 items, similar to tempera.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tempera tempera n : pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk [syn: poster paint, poster color, poster colour ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tempera Tempera \Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. [1913 Webster] Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like. [1913 Webster]