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/sɪˈnəʊpɪə/ · noun
A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos..
Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco.
In the course of lifting the frescoes from the walls the restorers discovered Simone's full-scale working drawings (in red chalk made from iron oxide and known as sinopie) which lay directly beneath the painted plaster [...].
Use sinopia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sinopia means A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos..
Common synonyms include sinoper, sinopis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco.
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