watercolor

English

Etymology

From water +‎ color.

Noun

watercolor (countable and uncountable, plural watercolors)

  1. Alternative spelling of watercolour.
    • 1977 December 16, Hilton Kramer, “Art: Requiem For a Heavyweight”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      “Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson.
    • 1988 January 15, Kathryn Hixson, “On Exhibit: a gallery full of flowers”, in Chicago Reader‎[2]:
      Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure […]

Adjective

watercolor (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of watercolour.
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