watercolor

English

Etymology

From water +‎ color.

Noun

watercolor (countable and uncountable, plural watercolors)

1. Alternative spelling of watercolour
   • 1977 December 16, Hilton Kramer, “Art: Requiem For a Heavyweight”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson.

   • 1988 January 15, Kathryn Hixson, “On Exhibit: a gallery full of flowers”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure […]

Adjective

watercolor (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of watercolour