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Vehicle

 

Liquid in which dry pigments are dispersed to make paint. The vehicle may modify the appearance of the pigments, as in oil acrylic and encaustic paints. In watercolour and casein paints, the vehicle has little visual effect and serves only to bind the pigments into a film and to adhere them to the support.

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