gouache means A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
gouache is pronounced /ɡwɑːʃ/.
Why “gouache” is a great word
GOUACHE — [Noun] A thick, opaque watercolor paint made with gum and an inert white pigment, or a painting executed with such paint. From French gouache, from Italian guazzo ("watercolor, splash, puddle"). Unlike watercolor, which relies on the luminous transparency of stained paper, or tempera, which binds pigment with egg into a hardened skin, gouache is defined by its matte opacity and forgiving, water-soluble nature. It is the dense, chalky blue of a storybook sky, the flat, perfect red of a poster designer's geometric shape, and the crisp, deliberate line of a botanical illustration—a medium of deliberate surfaces that renders fantasy as solid fact, light buried in chalk.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.
noun
- A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
- A painting made with this paint.
verb
- To produce work in the gouache medium.