Verdaille

Quick meaning: Verdaille is a noun meaning (uncommon, art) A method of painting or other work which employs only varying shades of green, or work executed with this method.

Meaning

(uncommon, art) A method of painting or other work which employs only varying shades of green, or work executed with this method.

Example Sentences

Unless the work of a skilled imitator, Pillement also executed an oil painting in monochromatic shades of olive green, called “Verdaille”, featuring a smaller procession of figures riding on elephants.

Verdaille is a painting created entirely in green. Unlike other colourwork, in which a single hue is either tinted in lighter tones or shaded into darker tones, verdaille can involve many different hues.

Word Forms

• verdailles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include verd, verditure, vergette, virtu, vanitas, verditer.

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