A paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.

Any paint consisting of an emulsion of oil etc in water.

plural of war paint

Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle. / (informal) Cosmetics, makeup.

Alternative spelling of finger paint

To paint using fingerpaint.

To complete a painting by numbers kit / (figuratively) To perform something in the simplest way

(of a picture) Made from a painting by numbers kit. / (figuratively) By rote, without thought or creativity.

Alternative form of paint the town red

Atelopus ebenoides (Huila stubfoot toad), of Colombia. / Discoglossus pictus, of the Mediterranean. / Discoglossus nigriventer (Hula painted frog), of Palestine.