油ゆ彩さい

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Meanings

1

Refers to the medium or technique of painting with oil-based paints, as well as the resulting artwork.

彼かれは油ゆ彩さいで風ふう景けいを描えがくのが好すきだ。
He likes to paint landscapes in oils.
この油ゆ彩さいは19世せい紀きの作さく品ひんです。
This oil painting is a 19th-century work.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を油ゆ彩さいで描かくto paint something in oils
彼かれは静せい物ぶつを油ゆ彩さいで描かいた。
He painted the still life in oils.
油ゆ彩さいで仕し上あげるto finish (a work) in oil paint
この肖しょう像ぞう画がは油ゆ彩さいで仕し上あげられている。
This portrait was finished in oil paint.

Kanji

油oil, fat
彩coloring, paint, makeup

Related words

油あぶら絵えN1
油絵 is the everyday word for an oil painting, while 油彩 is the more technical or artistic term used in formal or academic contexts.

Opposites

水すい彩さい
油彩 uses oil-based paints, while 水彩 uses water-based paints, making them the two basic contrasting painting media.

Don't confuse with

日本にほん画が
油彩 is a Western oil-painting technique, while 日本画 refers to traditional Japanese-style painting using mineral pigments, so the two are easily confused as general 'painting' terms.

Counted with

点てんN4
油彩 (an oil painting) is typically counted with 点 when referring to individual works of art.
枚まいN3
油彩 can also be counted with 枚 since a painting is a flat, sheet-like object like a canvas.

Etymology

Compound of 油 (oil) and 彩 (coloring, painting), referring to the technique of using oil-based paints.