Paint, Colour / Peita, Tae

a traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern Noun, Noun

kōiri

abstract Adjective

tūrehurehu (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort; rehurehu - indistinctly seen) (kupu kē atu: waitara)

abstract art Noun

toi tūrehurehu (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; rehurehu - indistinctly seen)

abstract painting Noun

peita tūrehurehu

acrylic Noun, Noun, Adverb

kiriaku (takenga mai: kiri - skin; aku [akuaku] - firm, strong; kiriaku - He kupu mino.)

acrylic ink Noun

waituhi kiriaku

acrylic paint Noun

peita kiriaku

adorn, embellish Noun, Transitive Verb

rākai, rākei ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakanako, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakarākai, whakarākei)

aesthetic, aesthetically pleasing, beauty Noun, Adjective

rerehua (kupu kē atu: matomato)

aesthetic, visually appealing Noun, Adjective

matomato (kupu kē atu: rerehua)

airbrush Noun

paraihe kōkōhau (takenga mai: kōkōhau - air)

analogous colour Noun

taerata (takenga mai: rata - friendly, tame)

appropriate, appropriation Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

pāhao ~tia (takenga mai: pāhao - borrow, acquire information stealthily, glean)

art Noun

toi

art folder/folio Noun, Noun

kōpaki toi (takenga mai: kōpaki - wrap, envelop, enfold; toi - art)

art materials, medium Noun

rawatoi (takenga mai: rawa - goods, property; toi - art)

art process Noun

tukanga toi (takenga mai: tukanga [tukatuka] - start up, proceed forward)

art technique Noun

tikanga toi

artist Noun

ringatoi

asymmetrical balance Noun, Adjective

taurite hikuwaru (takenga mai: taurite - balance; hikuwaru - crooked, asymmetrical)

asymmetrical, irregular Noun, Adjective

hikuwaru (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipirori, tipitaha, tōroherohe)

auburn Noun, Adjective

ura (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai - red brown)

(art) gallery Noun

whare whakaatu (toi)

(a) traditional kōwhaiwhai and tukutuku pattern depicting the flounder and Coalsack constellation Noun

pātiki, pātikitiki

background Noun

tuarongo (takenga mai: tua - back, the farther side; tuarongo - back of the interior of a house) (kupu kē atu: a muri, papamuri)

background Noun

(a) muri (kupu kē atu: papamuri, tuarongo)

background Noun

papamuri (kupu kē atu: [a] muri, tuarongo)

balance, balanced Noun, Adjective

taurite

base, source, origin Noun

pūtake ~a (kupu kē atu: pū, take)

black Noun, Adjective

mangu (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, pango)

black Noun, Adjective

pango (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, mangu)

black Noun, Noun, Adjective

hiwahiwa (kupu kē atu: mangu, pango)

black cartridge paper Noun

pepa kariri pango

black pigment, charcoal Noun

ngārahu (kupu kē atu: konga, ngārehu, tārehu, waro)

blackish brown Noun, Noun, Adjective

hāurapango

blend Noun, Noun, Intransitive Verb

kōmitimiti

blue Noun, Noun, Adjective

kahurangi (kupu kē atu: ōrangi, kikorangi, purū)

blue Noun, Noun, Adjective

kikorangi (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, ōrangi)

blue Noun, Adjective

ōrangi (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, kikorangi)

blue-green, teal, cyan, turquoise, aquamarine Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikiōrangi

blue-grey Noun, Adjective

ōrangihina

bluey grey Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adjective

kororā

blur Intransitive Verb, Adjective

pūrehurehu (takenga mai: pūrehurehu - be misty, dim, blurred, indistinct)

blurry (of an image) Noun

rehurehu (kupu kē atu: makaro)

bright glossy green Noun, Noun, Adjective

hīoi (takenga mai: hīoi - native mint [Mentha cunninghamii])

broad brush Noun

paraihe raunui

broken line Noun

rārangi motumotu

bronze Noun, Adjective

rauwhero (takenga mai: rauwhero - ruddy brown)

brown Noun, Noun, Adjective

kākaka (kupu kē atu: hāura, parauri, parāone, ura)

brown Noun, Adjective

ura (kupu kē atu: parauri,  kākaka, parāone [kupu mino])

brown Noun, Noun, Adjective

hāura (kupu kē atu: kākaka, parāone, parauri, ura)

brownish yellow Noun, Noun, Adjective

hāurakaho (takenga mai: hāura - brown; kaho - anything light coloured)

brush Noun

paraihe (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

brush stroke Noun

tahinga paraihe (takenga mai: tahi - sweep)

bulbed motif in kōwhaiwhai Noun

koru

calico Noun, Noun

kariko (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

calligraphy Noun

tuhi rerehua ā-ringa

canvas (made from cotton) Noun, Noun

kānawehi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

canvas (made from hemp) Noun

papakōaka (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; kōaka - hemp)

canvas paper Noun

pepa kānawehi

cardboard Noun

pepa mārō

caricature Noun

whakaahua kiripaki (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; paki [pakiwaitara] - fiction, legend, folk lore)

cartoon drawing, comic drawing Noun

tānga pakiwaituhi

cartridge paper Noun

pepa kariri (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

chalk Noun

tioka

chalk pen Noun

pene tioka

charcoal, black pigment Noun

waro (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, tārehu)

charcoal, black pigment Noun

tārehu (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, waro)

colour palette Noun, Noun

kōwhiringa tae (takenga mai: kōwhiri - select, choose; tae - colour)

colour spectrum Noun

tūāwhiorangi kitea (takenga mai: tūāwhiorangi - rainbow)

colour wheel Noun

taeāwhio (takenga mai: tae - colour; āwhio - circle, round) (kupu kē atu: wīra tae)

colour wheel Noun

wīra tae (kupu kē atu: taeāwhio)

colour, hue Noun

tae (kupu kē atu: kano)

coloured paper Noun

pepa whaikano

composition Noun

hanganga (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion, shape)

concept Noun

huatau (takenga mai: huatau - thought) (kupu kē atu: ariā)

contour lines Noun

rārangi hua (takenga mai: hua - outline, contour line)

contrast (of an image) Adjective

wana (takenga mai: wana - conspicuous)

contrasting colour Noun

tae tauaro (takenga mai: tauaro - opposite) (kupu kē atu: tae wana)

contrasting colour Noun

tae wana (kupu kē atu: tae tauaro)

cool colour Noun

tae mātao

cotton (fabric) Noun

papahune (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; hune - pappus of seeds of raupō)

cotton paper Noun

pepa hune

cover, spread over Transitive Verb

apu ~a (kupu kē atu: uhi)

crayon Noun

pene hinu

cream (colour) Noun, Noun, Adjective

kaho (takenga mai: kaho - anything light coloured) (kupu kē atu: kirīmi [kupu mino])

cross-hatching Noun, Noun

kauruku whakahāngai (takenga mai: whakahāngai - perpendicular, at right angles)

cubism Noun

toi matahuhua (takenga mai: mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)

cubism, cubist Noun, Adjective

(toi) matahuhua (takenga mai: toi - art; mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)

curved line Noun

rārangi kōpiko (kupu kē atu: ānau, rārangi piko)

dark (of colour) Adjective

uri, uriuri (kupu kē atu: hiwa, kākarauri)

dark (of colour) Adjective, Adjective

hiwa (kupu kē atu: uri, kākarauri)

dark (of colour) Adjective, Adjective

kākarauri (kupu kē atu: hiwa, uri)

dark blue, navy blue Noun, Adjective

pukepoto (kupu kē atu: ōrangiuri)

dark blue, navy blue Noun, Adjective

ōrangiuri (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; uri - dark [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: pukepoto)

dark brown, chocolate colour Noun, Adjective

parauri (kupu kē atu: hāura, kākaka, parāone [kupu mino], ura)

dark green Noun

pounamu (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, kārikiuri)

dark green Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikiuri (takenga mai: kāriki - green; uri - dark [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, pounamu)

dark greeny-blue, emerald Noun, Noun, Adjective

kānapanapa

dark grey, charcoal (colour) Noun, Noun, Adjective

hinauri (takenga mai: hina - grey; uri - dark [of colour])

dark orange, burnt orange, ochre Noun, Adjective

tākou (kupu kē atu: pākākā)

dark purple Noun, Adjective

porouri (takenga mai: poro [waiporoporo] - purple; uri - dark [of colour])

dark red, crimson, ruby Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adjective

kurauri (takenga mai: uri - dark) (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai)

daub, smear Intransitive Verb

hawahawa (kupu kē atu: pahawa)

design Noun, Noun, Transitive Verb

hoahoa ~ina (takenga mai: hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)

design element Noun

āhuatanga hoahoa (takenga mai: āhuatanga - aspect, characteristic, property, feature, attribute; hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)

develop Noun, Transitive Verb

whakawhanake ~tia (takenga mai: whaka - causitive prefix; whanake - grow)

diagonal Noun, Noun, Adjective

hauroki (takenga mai: hauroki - the diagonals in measuring the ground plan of a house)

digital drawing Noun

tānga matihiko (takenga mai: tā - draw, paint; mati - digit; hiko - electric)

diptych Noun, Noun

kāhui takirua (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takirua - in twos)

distort (image) Transitive Verb

whakahawe ~a

dominance Noun

aronga mātāmua (takenga mai: aronga - direction, attend to, favour; mātāmua - first)

draw, drawing Noun, Transitive Verb

tuhi ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: tā ~ia ~nga)

drawing board Noun

papa tā

drawing instrument Noun

taputapu tuhi

(to) dye Transitive Verb

tāwai ~tia (takenga mai: tāwai - steep in vegetable dye)

dye Noun

waitae (takenga mai: wai - liquid; tae - colour) (kupu kē atu: tae)

earth colour Noun

tae ōnuku (takenga mai: ō - of, pertaining to; nuku - the earth)

easel Noun

tīrewa peita (takenga mai: tīrewa - scaffolding or raised frame for hanging things on; peita - painting)

electric blue Noun, Adjective

ōrangihiko (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; hiko - electric)

embellish, adorn Noun, Transitive Verb

whakarākai ~tia ~tanga (kupu kē atu: rākai, rākei, whakaniko, whakanakonako, whakapaipai)

enamel paint Noun

peita kōrahirahi (takenga mai: kōrahirahi - thin, somewhat transparent)

erase, eraser Noun, Transitive Verb

muku ~a (takenga mai: muku - wipe, rub) (kupu kē atu: rapa [kupu mino], ūkui)

expert, clever, deft, virtuoso Noun, Adjective

rehe (kupu kē atu: ringarehe, tohunga)

explore, exploration Noun, Transitive Verb

tūhura ~tia ~tanga

expressionism Noun

toi pūkare (takenga mai: pu [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion)

faded (colour) Adjective, Adjective

hātea (kupu kē atu: māwhe)

faded (colour) Noun, Adjective

māwhe (kupu kē atu: hātea)

fauvism Noun

peita pāwhara (takenga mai: pāwhara - wild, untamed)

felt pen Noun

pene whītau (takenga mai: pene - pen; whītau - prepared fibre)

fibreboard Noun

papa marariki (takenga mai: papa - surface, board; mara [maramara] - chip, splinter; riki - small)

figurative art, representational art Noun

toi tūturu (takenga mai: tūturu - real, true, actual, authentic)

figurative painting Noun

peita tangata

fine brush Noun

paraihe rauiti

flexi-curve Noun

tapa pīngore (takenga mai: tapa - edge; pīngore - flexible)

flow Noun, Noun

ia (takenga mai: ia - current)

folk art Noun

toi a te marea

foreground

papamua (kupu kē atu: aroaro, [a] mua)

foreground Noun

(a) mua (kupu kē atu: aroaro, papamua)

foreground Noun

aroaro (takenga mai: aroaro - face, front) (kupu kē atu: papamua, [a] mua)

form, shape, appearance Noun

āhua (kupu kē atu: ata)

fountain pen, ink pen Noun

pene waituhi

frame Noun

tāpare (kupu kē atu: taitapa, taku)

frame, border Noun

taitapa (kupu kē atu: taku, tāpare)

french curve Noun

tāpiko (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; piko - curve)

(art) gallery Noun

whare whakaatu (toi)

genre Noun

kātū (kupu kē atu: momo, tūmomo)

genre Noun

tūmomo (kupu kē atu: momo, kātū)

genre Noun

momo (kupu kē atu: kātū, tūmomo)

gesso Noun

pani pākeho (takenga mai: pani - paint, smear, spread; pākeho - limestone, white clay)

gloss finish Adjective, Intransitive Verb

mōhinuhinu (takenga mai: mōhinuhinu - shiny, glistening, glossy) (kupu kē atu: pīata)

gloss finish Noun, Adjective

pīata (kupu kē atu: mōhinuhinu)

glossy paper Noun

pepa mōhinuhinu

glue Noun, Noun

kāpia (takenga mai: kāpia - kauri gum, resin)

golden yellow Adjective

pīngao

gouache Noun

peita waikukū (takenga mai: peita - paint [kupu mino]; wai - water; kukū - firm, stiff, thickened, thick liquid)

graffiti art Noun

toi karawhiti (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Itariana].)

green Noun, Noun, Adjective

kāriki (kupu kē atu: kākāriki)

green Noun, Adjective

kākāriki (kupu kē atu: kāriki)

greenish-grey Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikihina

grey Noun, Noun, Adjective

kiwikiwi (kupu kē atu: hina, kororā)

grey Noun, Noun, Adjective

hina (kupu kē atu: kiwikiwi, kororā)

harmony, harmonious Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

reretau (takenga mai: rere - flow; rere [rerehua] - pleasant to the sight, beauty, aesthetic; tau - be neat, attractive, beautiful)

hatching Noun, Noun

kauruku whakarārangi (takenga mai: whakarārangi - linear)

hessian Noun

tāpora (takenga mai: tāpora - a coarse floor mat)

horizontal Adjective, Adjective

huapae

illustration Noun

pikitia whakaari (takenga mai: whakaari - to show, display, present)

impasto Noun

pani kukū (takenga mai: pani - paint, smear, spread anything on something else; kukū - thick liquid)

impressionism Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adjective

(toi) kōpura (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)

impressionism Noun

toi kōpura (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)

ink Noun

waituhi (takenga mai: wai - liquid; tuhi - write, draw, adorn with painting)

intense (of colour) Noun, Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

kitakita (kupu kē atu: pūahoaho)

interpret Noun, Transitive Verb

whakamāori ~tia ~tanga

iridescent Noun, Adjective

uiraira (takenga mai: uira – to flash, gleam; iraira – to shine, glitter, be variegated)

irregular Adjective

tōroherohe (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipirori, tipitaha)

irregular (shape) Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

tipirori (kupu kē atu: hikuwaru, tipitaha, tōroherohe, tipihori)

kōwhaiwhai (painted scroll pattern) Noun

kōwhaiwhai

kōwhaiwhai symbol Noun

kape

landscape (image) Noun

whakaahua taiao (takenga mai: taiao - environment)

layer, layered Noun

paparanga (kupu kē atu: papanga)

life drawing Noun, Noun

ata kirikau (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence, image; kirikau - naked)

light (of colour), pale Adjective

tea (kupu kē atu: kaho, kōmā, teatea)

light blue Noun, Adjective

ōrangitea (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; tea - light [of colour])

light box Noun

pouaka tūrama

light brown, khaki Noun, Adjective

pākā kōrito (kupu kē atu: hāuratea)

light brown, pale brown Noun, Adjective

hāuratea (takenga mai: hāura - brown; tea - light [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: pākā kōrito)

light green Noun, Noun, Adjective

karera (kupu kē atu: kārikitea)

light green Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikitea (takenga mai: kāriki - green; tea - light [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: karera)

light red Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adjective

kuratea (takenga mai: tea - light [colour])

lime green Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikikōwhai (kupu kē atu: māota)

lime green Noun, Adjective

māota (kupu kē atu: kārikikōwhai)

line Noun, Transitive Verb

rārangi ~hia ~tanga

line art Noun

toi rārangi

linen paper Noun

pepa muka

magenta Noun, Adjective

mākurakura

marbling Noun

toi pīereere (takenga mai: pīereere - fissured)

matt finish Noun, Adjective

pīata-kore

matt paper Noun

pepa pīata-kore

metallic paint Noun

peita whairino (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])

metallic paper Noun

pepa whairino (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])

middle ground (of an image) Noun

(a) waenga (kupu kē atu: papawaenga, tuawaenga)

middle ground (of an image) Noun

tuawaenga (takenga mai: tua - e whai ana i te 'tua' o te kupu tuarongo; waenga - middle) (kupu kē atu: [a] waenga, papawaenga)

middle ground (of an image) Noun

papawaenga (kupu kē atu: tuawaenga, [a] waenga)

minimalist art Noun

toi tahanga (takenga mai: tahanga - naked, bereft, having nothing)

misappropriate Noun, Transitive Verb

tāhae ~tia (kupu kē atu: whānako)

misappropriate Noun, Transitive Verb

whānako ~tia (takenga mai: whānako - cheat, rob, steal) (kupu kē atu: tāhae)

mix together (paint etc.) Noun, Transitive Verb

whakaranu ~a (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakahanumi)

mix together (paint etc.) Transitive Verb

whakahanumi ~tia (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakaranu)

mixed media Noun

rawatoi tini (takenga mai: rawatoi - medium [visual art]; tini - many) (kupu kē atu: toirau)

mixed media Noun

toirau (kupu kē atu: rawatoi tini)

modernism Noun

toi hou

monochromatic Noun

taetahi (takenga mai: tahi - one)

motif Noun

waitohu (takenga mai: waitohu - mark, signify, indicate)

mottled, spotted Adjective

kōtingotingo (kupu kē atu: kōrangorango, tāingoingo)

mounting (for an artwork) Noun

paepiringa (takenga mai: pae - surround with a border; piri - be attached, fastened to)

multicoloured Noun, Noun, Adjective

kanorau (takenga mai: kano - colour, pigment; rau - many) (kupu kē atu: taerau, taetini)

mural Noun

matarahi (takenga mai: matarahi - large; mata - surface; rahi - numerous)

natural resource Noun

rawa māori

newsprint Noun

pepa tōkau (takenga mai: tōkau - to be plain)

non-figurative art, non-representational art Noun

toi tūaweawe (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; aweawe - distant, out of reach)

nylon brush Noun

paraihe ngaiaku

off-white, whitish grey Noun, Adjective

pūmā (kupu kē atu: kōmā)

off-white, whitish-grey Noun, Noun, Adjective

kōmā (kupu kē atu: pūmā)

oil paint Noun

peita hinu

olive, greenish-brown, browny-green Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikihāura (takenga mai: kāriki - green; hāura - brown)

opaque Adjective

puata-kore

orange Noun, Noun, Adjective

ārani (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: karaka)

orange Noun, Noun, Adjective

karaka (kupu kē atu: ārani)

orange-yellow Noun, Adjective

pārakaraka

original Adjective

taketake (takenga mai: taketake - origin, beginning, root)

outline Noun

hua (takenga mai: hua - outline, leading lines of a pattern in carving)

overlap Noun, Transitive Verb

inaki ~tia ~tanga

paint, painting Noun, Transitive Verb

peita ~hia (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pani)

pale grey Noun, Noun, Adjective

hinatea (takenga mai: hina - grey; tea - light [of colour])

pale orange, fawn Noun, Noun, Adjective

karakatea (takenga mai: karaka - orange; tea - light [of colour])

pale pink Noun, Adjective

māwherotea (takenga mai: māwhero - pink; tea - light [of colour])

pale yellowish-green Noun, Noun, Adjective

kārikikaho (takenga mai: kāriki - green; kaho - anything light coloured)

palette Noun

pae whakaranu (takenga mai: pae -perch, rest; whakaranu - mix together)

panorama Noun

whakaahua takiraha (takenga mai: takiraha - wide, extended)

paper Noun

pepa

pastel Noun

piakano (takenga mai: pia - gum of a tree; kano - colour)

pattern Noun

tauira

pen Noun

pene (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

pencil Noun

pene rākau

perspective Noun

tirohanga (takenga mai: tirohanga - view, sight, aspect)

picture Noun

pikitia (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: whakaahua)

pigment, colour, hue Noun

kano (takenga mai: kano - colour) (kupu kē atu: tae)

pink Noun, Adjective

māwhero (kupu kē atu: mākurakura)

pointillism Noun

tā tongitongi (takenga mai: tā - draw; tongi - point, speck)

polychromatic Noun

taetini (takenga mai: tini - many)

polyptych Noun

kāhui takitini (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takitini - many)

pop art Noun

toi arotini (takenga mai: aro - desire, inclination, attend to, favour; tini - many)

portrait Noun

whakaahua kiritangata (takenga mai: kiritangata – person)

primary colour Noun

tae mātāmua (takenga mai: mātāmua - first)

procedure Noun, Noun

aramahi (takenga mai: ara - pathway; mahi - work) (kupu kē atu: hātepe, huarahi)

proportion Noun

pānga riterite (takenga mai: pānga [pā] - connected with, relationship; riterite - alike, corresponding)

protest art Noun

toi mautohe (takenga mai: mautohe - to oppose, take a stand against, protest)

purple Noun, Adjective

māhoe (kupu kē atu: pāpura [kupu mino], tawa, waiporoporo)

purple Noun, Adjective

tawa (kupu kē atu: māhoe, pāpura [kupu mino], waiporoporo)

purple Noun, Adjective

waiporoporo (kupu kē atu: māhoe, pāpura [kupu mino], tawa)

realism Noun

toi pono

realistic image Noun

ata pono (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; pono - true, valid, honest)

recycled material Noun

rawa hangarua

recycled paper Noun

pepa hangarua

red Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adjective

kura (kupu kē atu: whero)

red ochre Noun, Noun

hōrū (kupu kē atu: hōrua, kōkōwai)

red ochre, dark red, red-brown, auburn Noun, Noun, Adjective

kōkōwai (kupu kē atu: hōrū, hōrua)

red paint Noun

maukoroa

red, orange-red Noun, Adjective

whero (kupu kē atu: kura - red)

reused material, recycled material Noun

rawa tukurua (kupu kē atu: rawa hangarua)

ruler Noun

rūri (takenga mai: rūri - He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tauine)

sable brush Noun

paraihe huruhuru (takenga mai: huruhuru - hair, fur)

scale drawing Noun

tuhinga āwhata

scarlet Noun, Noun, Adjective

hīwera

scumble, scumbling Noun, Intransitive Verb

tārunga whakarehurehu (takenga mai: tā - paint; runga - top; whakarehurehu - blur)

secondary colour Noun

tae mātāwaenga (takenga mai: mātā - e whai ana i te tauira o te 'mātāmua' me te 'mātāmuri'; waenga - middle)

self-portrait Noun

whakaahua kiriaro (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; aro [whaiaro] - self, person)

semi-gloss Adjective

tākarokaro (takenga mai: tākarokaro - shine dimly)

sgraffito Noun

toi rapirapi (takenga mai: rapirapi - scratch) (kupu kē atu: ketuketu)

shade (drawing technique) Noun, Transitive Verb

kauruku ~tia (kupu kē atu: kauruki)

shade (of colour) Noun, Transitive Verb

tātiwha ~hia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; tiwha - dark)

shadow Noun, Noun

ātārangi

silhouette Noun

matauri (takenga mai: mata - face; uri - dark)

silver Noun, Noun, Adjective

hiriwa (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: kākonu)

silver, silvery Noun, Noun, Adjective

kākonu (takenga mai: kā [kakā] - to glow; konu [konganuku] - metal) (kupu kē atu: hiriwa [kupu mino])

single-point perspective, one-point perspective Noun

tirohanga pūtahi (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; tahi - one)

sketch Noun, Transitive Verb

huahua ~tia (takenga mai: huahua - sketch out a pattern before carving)

smear, daub Neuter Verb

pahawa (kupu kē atu: hawahawa)

smear, paint Transitive Verb

pani ~a (kupu kē atu: penu)

smudge Noun, Transitive Verb

ukupara ~tia

solvent Noun

tāmeha (takenga mai: tā - causitive prefix; meha [memeha] - be dissolved)

space Noun

takiwā (kupu kē atu: mokowā)

spiral Noun

makaurangi (kupu kē atu: tōrino)

sponge Noun

hautai

spray paint Noun

peita rehu

stain Noun

tawau (takenga mai: tawau - milky juice of plants, stain therefrom) (kupu kē atu: tae)

static image Noun

whakaahua tū (kupu kē atu: whakaahua hū)

stencil Noun

tāhua (takenga mai: tā - draw, cut, etch; hua - outline)

still life, static image Noun

ata toka (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence, image; toka - stay still, firm, solid)

stipple, stippling Noun, Noun

kauruku tongitongi (takenga mai: tongitongi - speckled)

straight line Noun

rārangi torotika

style Noun

tātaitanga (takenga mai: tātai - arrange, adorn, set in order, recite genealogy) (kupu kē atu: tāera [kupu mino])

stylised image Noun

ata whaihanga (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; whaihanga - make, construct, manipulate)

stylus Noun

pene matihiko (takenga mai: pene - pen; matihiko - digital)

subordination Noun, Noun

aronga mātāmuri (takenga mai: aronga - direction, attend to, favour; mātāmuri - last, latter)

sugar paper Noun

pepa huka

surrealism Noun

(toi) pohewa (takenga mai: toi - art; pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)

surrealism Noun

toi pohewa (takenga mai: pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)

symbol, symbolise Noun

tohu

synthetic brush Noun

paraihe horihori (takenga mai: horihori - false, artificial)

T-square Noun

tīhāngai (takenga mai: koki hāngai - right angle)

(to) dye Transitive Verb

tāwai ~tia (takenga mai: tāwai - steep in vegetable dye)

tertiary colour Noun

tae mātāmuri (takenga mai: mātāmuri - last)

textured paper Noun

pepa kaitara (kupu kē atu: pepa whaikakano)

three-point percpective Noun

tirohanga pūtoru (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; toru - three)

thumbnail sketch Noun, Noun

huahua hangariki (takenga mai: huahua - sketch; hangariki - small)

tint Noun, Transitive Verb

tākano ~tia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; kano - pigment, colour)

tone (of colour) Noun, Transitive Verb

tāhina ~tia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; hina - grey)

tool Noun

taputapu (kupu kē atu: pāraharaha)

top coat (paint) Noun

(peita) kiritai (takenga mai: kiritai - outer skin, epidermis)

trace Noun, Transitive Verb

tāwhai ~tia ~tanga (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; whai - follow, acquire the shape or character of; tāwhai - imitate)

tracing paper Noun

pepa tāwhai

traditional kōwhaiwhai and moko pattern usually on the upper leg Noun

pūhoro

(a) traditional kōwhaiwhai and tukutuku pattern depicting the flounder and Coalsack constellation Noun

pātiki, pātikitiki

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern Noun, Noun

kape rua

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern depicting the hammerhead shark Noun

mangōpare

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern relating to the manaia figure in carving Noun

pītau-a-manaia

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern symbolising the strength of the shark Noun

mangōtipi

translucent Adjective

whakatīaho

translucent paper Noun

pepa whakatīaho

transparent, clear Adjective

purata (kupu kē atu: kōataata, pūataata)

transparent, clear Adjective

pūataata (kupu kē atu: kōataata, purata)

triad colours Noun

tae tapatoru (takenga mai: tapatoru - triangle)

triptych Noun, Noun

kāhui takitoru (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takitoru - in threes)

turpentine Noun, Noun

hinu paina (takenga mai: hinu - oil; paina - pine [kupu mino])

two-point perspective Noun

tirohanga pūrua (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; rua - two)

typography Noun

tuhi rerehua (takenga mai: tuhi - write; rere - flow, flowing; rerehua - pleasant to the sight, beauty, aesthetic)

unbroken line, continuous line Noun

rārangi motukore

underpaint, primer Noun

(peita) kiriwai (takenga mai: kiriwai - skin, dermis; peita - painting) (kupu kē atu: peita papatake)

unfinished, incomplete Adjective

hukihuki (kupu kē atu: kohuku)

vanishing point Noun

pū ngaro

varnish Noun

wānihi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

violet, mauve, pale purple-blue Noun, Adjective

poroporo

visual artist Noun

ringatoi ataata

visual metaphor Noun

tohu whakarite (kupu kē atu: ata whakarite)

visual metaphor Noun

ata whakarite (kupu kē atu: tohu whakarite)

warm colour Noun

tae mahana

wash (paint) Noun

peita waimeha (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)

watercolour Noun

peita waikano

watercolour paint Noun

peita wai

watercolour paper Noun

pepa waikano

wax Noun

wākihi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

wax paper Noun

pepa wākihi

weak, dull (of colour) Intransitive Verb, Adjective

waimeha (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)

white Noun, Adjective

mā

yellow Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adjective

kōwhai