Also means
binding agent
Usage Note
Bindemittel is the substance that holds pigment particles together and fixes them to the support. In oil paint the Bindemittel is a drying oil; in tempera it is egg yolk; in watercolour, gum arabic — the choice shapes the whole character of the medium.
Examples
"Das Bindemittel bestimmt maßgeblich, wie die Farbe auf der Leinwand trocknet."
Natural Translation
The binder largely determines how the paint dries on the canvas.
Literal Translation
The binding-agent determines significantly how the colour on the canvas dries.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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