oil paint

noun

1. oil color.
2. a commercial paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle.

oil paint

noun

1. paint made of pigment ground in oil, usually linseed oil, used for oil painting

Word History and Origins

Origin of oil paint¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

The worthy effort to emphasize that much of the artist’s inventive genius — unfurling in thousands of manuscript pages, rather than oil paint and tempera — makes the dull staging a perhaps unavoidable conceit.

From Los Angeles Times

Expect quantum physics and oil paint, AI and video art, climate change and sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, I’m using oil paint on linen, showing my work to a larger audience, and returning a bit to the beauty of imagination.

From Los Angeles Times

“Work 73-13” is a large, earthy, monochrome abstraction, its mottled muddy color achieved by pushing brown oil paint through rough jute from behind.

From Los Angeles Times

He can only do this with oil paints.

From Literature