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{{Short description|Fast-drying painting medium}} {{about|the painting medium|other uses}} {{Distinguish|Tempura}} [[File:Duccio The-Madonna-and-Child-128.jpg|thumb|''[[Crevole Madonna]]'' by [[Duccio]], tempera with [[gold ground]] on wood, 1284, [[Siena]]]] '''Tempera''' ({{IPA|it|ˈtɛmpera|lang}}), also known as '''egg tempera''', is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of [[pigment]]s mixed with a water-soluble [[Binder (material)|binder]] medium, usually glutinous material such as egg [[yolk]]. ''Tempera'' also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long-lasting, and examples from the first century AD still exist. Egg tempera was a primary method of painting until after 1500 when it was superseded by [[oil painting]]. A paint consisting of pigment and binder commonly used in the United States as [[poster paint]] is also often referred to as "tempera paint", although the binders in this paint are different from traditional tempera paint.
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