aquarelle

American  

[ak-wuh-rel, ah-kwuh-, a-kwa-rel] / ˌæk wəˈrɛl, ˌɑ kwə-, a kwaˈrɛl /

noun

plural

aquarelles

1. a watercolor.

2. Printing. a printed picture that has been colored manually by applying watercolor through stencils, each color requiring a different stencil.

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aquarelle British  

/ ˌækwəˈrɛl /

noun

1. a method of watercolour painting in transparent washes

2. a painting done in this way

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Other Word Forms

• aquarellist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of aquarelle

1865–70; < French < Italian acquarella (now obsolete) watercolor, equivalent to Latin aquār ( ius ) of water ( see aquarium) + Italian -ella -elle

Example Sentences

This collection’s pink and white aquarelle palette evoked the vibrant style of the Ballets Russes as envisioned by Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

For it's a blue-shift world we occupy, Dilemma-prone, clear-cut solutions rare, And clashing viewpoints often held at bay By hues, just short of violet, that eschew Sharp contrasts for an azure aquarelle.

From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2022

For here is the quintessence of intellectualized aquarelle, and these touches would surely have brought into being another "Pierrot of the Minute"—a new line drawing out of a period he knew and loved well.

From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden

The aquarelle in the Luxembourg is more plastic, more jewelled than the oil; Moreau often failed in the working-out of his ideas.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

It is the only true method for reproducing, in the full sense of the word, an etching, engraving, a drawing in pen and ink, an aquarelle, a painting, or objects from nature.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.