ground color

American  

[ground kuhl-er] / ˈgraʊnd ˌkʌl ər /

noun

1. Also called ground coat.  a primary coat of paint; priming; base coat.

2. the background color, as of a painting or decoration.

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Etymology

Origin of ground color

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

This was done by surreptitiously releasing the soil down his trouser legs in areas where the ground color vaguely matched.

From Washington Post

No. 4295 consists of several small slabs of yellow oxide of iron, for grinding up as design paint, which on firing makes the red ocher color which is both darker and more saturatedly red than the light reddish-buff ground color of Mohave pottery.

From Project Gutenberg

Having been asked to paint for the Cathedral of Malines a "Last Supper," Rubens made the drawing and sent it to one of his pupils, Juste van Egmont, to lay on the ground color.

From Project Gutenberg

The color is the same as in specimens of fuscipes from Texas except that the postauricular spot is smaller, and the ground color is slightly more grayish.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Silver Spangled variety, the only perceptible difference is, that the ground color is a silvery white.

From Project Gutenberg