Peita, Tae / Paint, Colour

Māori → English

He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki ēnei peka o te toi ataata, arā, te peita me te tae.

A vocabulary list related to the visual art areas of painting and colour.

āhua Tūingoa

form, shape, appearance (kupu kē atu: ata)

āhuatanga hoahoa Tūingoa

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

apu ~a Tūmahi Whiti

cover, spread over (kupu kē atu: uhi)

aramahi Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

ārani Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

aroaro Tūingoa

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

aronga mātāmua Tūingoa

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

aronga mātāmuri Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

ata kirikau Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

ata pono Tūingoa

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

ata toka Tūingoa

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

ata whaihanga Tūingoa

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

ata whakarite Tūingoa

visual metaphor (kupu kē atu: tohu whakarite)

ātārangi Tūingoa, Tūingoa

shadow

(a) mua Tūingoa

foreground (kupu kē atu: aroaro, papamua)

(a) muri Tūingoa

background (kupu kē atu: papamuri, tuarongo)

(a) waenga Tūingoa

middle ground (of an image) (kupu kē atu: papawaenga, tuawaenga)

hanganga Tūingoa

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

hātea Tūāhua, Tūāhua

faded (colour) (kupu kē atu: māwhe)

hāura Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hāurakaho Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hāurapango Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

blackish brown

hāuratea Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hauroki Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hautai Tūingoa

sponge

hawahawa Tūmahi Poro

daub, smear (kupu kē atu: pahawa)

hikuwaru Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hina Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

grey (kupu kē atu: kiwikiwi, kororā)

hinatea Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hinauri Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hinu paina Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

hīoi Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hiriwa Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

hiwa Tūāhua, Tūāhua

dark (of colour) (kupu kē atu: uri, kākarauri)

hiwahiwa Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

black (kupu kē atu: mangu, pango)

hīwera Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

scarlet

hoahoa ~ina Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

design (takenga mai: hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)

hōrū Tūingoa, Tūingoa

red ochre (kupu kē atu: hōrua, kōkōwai)

hua Tūingoa

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

huahua ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

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

huahua hangariki Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

huapae Tūāhua, Tūāhua

horizontal

huatau Tūingoa

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

hukihuki Tūāhua

unfinished, incomplete (kupu kē atu: kohuku)

ia Tūingoa, Tūingoa

flow (takenga mai: ia - current)

inaki ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

overlap

kaho Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kāhui takirua Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

kāhui takitini Tūingoa

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

kāhui takitoru Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

kahurangi Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kākaka Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kākarauri Tūāhua, Tūāhua

dark (of colour) (kupu kē atu: hiwa, uri)

kākāriki Tūingoa, Tūāhua

green (kupu kē atu: kāriki)

kākonu Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kānapanapa Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

dark greeny-blue, emerald

kānawehi Tūingoa, Tūingoa

canvas (made from cotton) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kano Tūingoa

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

kanorau Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kape Tūingoa

kōwhaiwhai symbol

kape rua Tūingoa, Tūingoa

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern

kāpia Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

karaka Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

orange (kupu kē atu: ārani)

karakatea Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

pale orange, fawn (takenga mai: karaka - orange; tea - light [of colour])

karera Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

light green (kupu kē atu: kārikitea)

kāriki Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

green (kupu kē atu: kākāriki)

kārikihāura Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

olive, greenish-brown, browny-green (takenga mai: kāriki - green; hāura - brown)

kārikihina Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

greenish-grey

kārikikaho Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kārikikōwhai Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

lime green (kupu kē atu: māota)

kārikiōrangi Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

blue-green, teal, cyan, turquoise, aquamarine

kārikitea Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kārikiuri Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kariko Tūingoa, Tūingoa

calico (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kātū Tūingoa

genre (kupu kē atu: momo, tūmomo)

kauruku ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

shade (drawing technique) (kupu kē atu: kauruki)

kauruku tongitongi Tūingoa, Tūingoa

stipple, stippling (takenga mai: tongitongi - speckled)

kauruku whakahāngai Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

kauruku whakarārangi Tūingoa, Tūingoa

hatching (takenga mai: whakarārangi - linear)

kikorangi Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

blue (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, ōrangi)

kiriaku Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūkē

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

(peita) kiriwai Tūingoa

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

kitakita Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

intense (of colour) (kupu kē atu: pūahoaho)

kiwikiwi Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

grey (kupu kē atu: hina, kororā)

kōiri Tūingoa, Tūingoa

a traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern

kōkōwai Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

red ochre, dark red, red-brown, auburn (kupu kē atu: hōrū, hōrua)

kōmā Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

off-white, whitish-grey (kupu kē atu: pūmā)

kōmitimiti Tūingoa, Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

blend

kōpaki toi Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

(toi) kōpura Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

impressionism (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)

kororā Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

bluey grey

koru Tūingoa

bulbed motif in kōwhaiwhai

kōtingotingo Tūāhua

mottled, spotted (kupu kē atu: kōrangorango, tāingoingo)

kōwhai Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

yellow

kōwhaiwhai Tūingoa

kōwhaiwhai (painted scroll pattern)

kōwhiringa tae Tūingoa, Tūingoa

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

kura Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

red (kupu kē atu: whero)

kuratea Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

kurauri Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

dark red, crimson, ruby (takenga mai: uri - dark) (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai)

Tūingoa, Tūāhua

white

māhoe Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

makaurangi Tūingoa

spiral (kupu kē atu: tōrino)

mākurakura Tūingoa, Tūāhua

magenta

mangōpare Tūingoa

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern depicting the hammerhead shark

mangōtipi Tūingoa

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern symbolising the strength of the shark

mangu Tūingoa, Tūāhua

black (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, pango)

māota Tūingoa, Tūāhua

lime green (kupu kē atu: kārikikōwhai)

(toi) matahuhua Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

matarahi Tūingoa

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

matauri Tūingoa

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

matomato Tūingoa, Tūāhua

aesthetic, visually appealing (kupu kē atu: rerehua)

maukoroa Tūingoa

red paint

māwhe Tūingoa, Tūāhua

faded (colour) (kupu kē atu: hātea)

māwhero Tūingoa, Tūāhua

pink (kupu kē atu: mākurakura)

māwherotea Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

mōhinuhinu Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

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

momo Tūingoa

genre (kupu kē atu: kātū, tūmomo)

(a) mua Tūingoa

foreground (kupu kē atu: aroaro, papamua)

muku ~a Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

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

(a) muri Tūingoa

background (kupu kē atu: papamuri, tuarongo)

ngārahu Tūingoa

black pigment, charcoal (kupu kē atu: konga, ngārehu, tārehu, waro)

ōrangi Tūingoa, Tūāhua

blue (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, kikorangi)

ōrangihiko Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

ōrangihina Tūingoa, Tūāhua

blue-grey

ōrangitea Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

ōrangiuri Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

(peita) kiriwai Tūingoa

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

pae whakaranu Tūingoa

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

paepiringa Tūingoa

mounting (for an artwork) (takenga mai: pae - surround with a border; piri - be attached, fastened to)

pāhao ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

appropriate, appropriation (takenga mai: pāhao - borrow, acquire information stealthily, glean)

pahawa Tūmahi Oti

smear, daub (kupu kē atu: hawahawa)

pākā kōrito Tūingoa, Tūāhua

light brown, khaki (kupu kē atu: hāuratea)

pānga riterite Tūingoa

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

pango Tūingoa, Tūāhua

black (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, mangu)

pani ~a Tūmahi Whiti

smear, paint (kupu kē atu: penu)

pani kukū Tūingoa

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

pani pākeho Tūingoa

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

papa marariki Tūingoa

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

papa tā Tūingoa

drawing board

papahune Tūingoa

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

papakōaka Tūingoa

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

papamua

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

papamuri Tūingoa

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

paparanga Tūingoa

layer, layered (kupu kē atu: papanga)

papawaenga Tūingoa

middle ground (of an image) (kupu kē atu: tuawaenga, [a] waenga)

paraihe Tūingoa

brush (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

paraihe horihori Tūingoa

synthetic brush (takenga mai: horihori - false, artificial)

paraihe huruhuru Tūingoa

sable brush (takenga mai: huruhuru - hair, fur)

paraihe kōkōhau Tūingoa

airbrush (takenga mai: kōkōhau - air)

paraihe ngaiaku Tūingoa

nylon brush

paraihe rauiti Tūingoa

fine brush

paraihe raunui Tūingoa

broad brush

pārakaraka Tūingoa, Tūāhua

orange-yellow

parauri Tūingoa, Tūāhua

dark brown, chocolate colour (kupu kē atu: hāura, kākaka, parāone [kupu mino], ura)

pātiki, pātikitiki Tūingoa

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

peita ~hia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

paint, painting (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pani)

peita hinu Tūingoa

oil paint

peita kiriaku Tūingoa

acrylic paint

peita kōrahirahi Tūingoa

enamel paint (takenga mai: kōrahirahi - thin, somewhat transparent)

peita pāwhara Tūingoa

fauvism (takenga mai: pāwhara - wild, untamed)

peita rehu Tūingoa

spray paint

peita tangata Tūingoa

figurative painting

peita tūrehurehu Tūingoa

abstract painting

peita wai Tūingoa

watercolour paint

peita waikano Tūingoa

watercolour

peita waikukū Tūingoa

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

peita waimeha Tūingoa

wash (paint) (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)

peita whairino Tūingoa

metallic paint (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])

pene Tūingoa

pen (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

pene hinu Tūingoa

crayon

pene matihiko Tūingoa

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

pene rākau Tūingoa

pencil

pene tioka Tūingoa

chalk pen

pene waituhi Tūingoa

fountain pen, ink pen

pene whītau Tūingoa

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

pepa Tūingoa

paper

pepa hangarua Tūingoa

recycled paper

pepa huka Tūingoa

sugar paper

pepa hune Tūingoa

cotton paper

pepa kaitara Tūingoa

textured paper (kupu kē atu: pepa whaikakano)

pepa kānawehi Tūingoa

canvas paper

pepa kariri Tūingoa

cartridge paper (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

pepa kariri pango Tūingoa

black cartridge paper

pepa mārō Tūingoa

cardboard

pepa mōhinuhinu Tūingoa

glossy paper

pepa muka Tūingoa

linen paper

pepa pīata-kore Tūingoa

matt paper

pepa tāwhai Tūingoa

tracing paper

pepa tōkau Tūingoa

newsprint (takenga mai: tōkau - to be plain)

pepa waikano Tūingoa

watercolour paper

pepa wākihi Tūingoa

wax paper

pepa whaikano Tūingoa

coloured paper

pepa whairino Tūingoa

metallic paper (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])

pepa whakatīaho Tūingoa

translucent paper

piakano Tūingoa

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

pīata Tūingoa, Tūāhua

gloss finish (kupu kē atu: mōhinuhinu)

pīata-kore Tūingoa, Tūāhua

matt finish

pikitia Tūingoa

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

pikitia whakaari Tūingoa

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

pīngao Tūāhua

golden yellow

pītau-a-manaia Tūingoa

traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern relating to the manaia figure in carving

(toi) pohewa Tūingoa

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

poroporo Tūingoa, Tūāhua

violet, mauve, pale purple-blue

porouri Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

pouaka tūrama Tūingoa

light box

pounamu Tūingoa

dark green (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, kārikiuri)

pū ngaro Tūingoa

vanishing point

puata-kore Tūāhua

opaque

pūataata Tūāhua

transparent, clear (kupu kē atu: kōataata, purata)

pūhoro Tūingoa

traditional kōwhaiwhai and moko pattern usually on the upper leg

pukepoto Tūingoa, Tūāhua

dark blue, navy blue (kupu kē atu: ōrangiuri)

pūmā Tūingoa, Tūāhua

off-white, whitish grey (kupu kē atu: kōmā)

purata Tūāhua

transparent, clear (kupu kē atu: kōataata, pūataata)

pūrehurehu Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

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

pūtake ~a Tūingoa

base, source, origin (kupu kē atu: pū, take)

rākai, rākei ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

adorn, embellish (kupu kē atu: whakanako, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakarākai, whakarākei)

rārangi ~hia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

line

rārangi hua Tūingoa

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

rārangi kōpiko Tūingoa

curved line (kupu kē atu: ānau, rārangi piko)

rārangi motukore Tūingoa

unbroken line, continuous line

rārangi motumotu Tūingoa

broken line

rārangi torotika Tūingoa

straight line

rauwhero Tūingoa, Tūāhua

bronze (takenga mai: rauwhero - ruddy brown)

rawa hangarua Tūingoa

recycled material

rawa māori Tūingoa

natural resource

rawa tukurua Tūingoa

reused material, recycled material (kupu kē atu: rawa hangarua)

rawatoi Tūingoa

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

rawatoi tini Tūingoa

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

rehe Tūingoa, Tūāhua

expert, clever, deft, virtuoso (kupu kē atu: ringarehe, tohunga)

rehurehu Tūingoa

blurry (of an image) (kupu kē atu: makaro)

rerehua Tūingoa, Tūāhua

aesthetic, aesthetically pleasing, beauty (kupu kē atu: matomato)

reretau Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

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

ringatoi Tūingoa

artist

ringatoi ataata Tūingoa

visual artist

rūri Tūingoa

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

(toi) kōpura Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūāhua

impressionism (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)

(toi) matahuhua Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

(toi) pohewa Tūingoa

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

tā tongitongi Tūingoa

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

tae Tūingoa

colour, hue (kupu kē atu: kano)

tae mahana Tūingoa

warm colour

tae mātāmua Tūingoa

primary colour (takenga mai: mātāmua - first)

tae mātāmuri Tūingoa

tertiary colour (takenga mai: mātāmuri - last)

tae mātao Tūingoa

cool colour

tae mātāwaenga Tūingoa

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

tae ōnuku Tūingoa

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

tae tapatoru Tūingoa

triad colours (takenga mai: tapatoru - triangle)

tae tauaro Tūingoa

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

tae wana Tūingoa

contrasting colour (kupu kē atu: tae tauaro)

taeāwhio Tūingoa

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

taerata Tūingoa

analogous colour (takenga mai: rata - friendly, tame)

taetahi Tūingoa

monochromatic (takenga mai: tahi - one)

taetini Tūingoa

polychromatic (takenga mai: tini - many)

tāhae ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

misappropriate (kupu kē atu: whānako)

tāhina ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

tone (of colour) (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; hina - grey)

tahinga paraihe Tūingoa

brush stroke (takenga mai: tahi - sweep)

tāhua Tūingoa

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

taitapa Tūingoa

frame, border (kupu kē atu: taku, tāpare)

tākano ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

tint (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; kano - pigment, colour)

tākarokaro Tūāhua

semi-gloss (takenga mai: tākarokaro - shine dimly)

taketake Tūāhua

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

takiwā Tūingoa

space (kupu kē atu: mokowā)

tākou Tūingoa, Tūāhua

dark orange, burnt orange, ochre (kupu kē atu: pākākā)

tāmeha Tūingoa

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

tānga matihiko Tūingoa

digital drawing (takenga mai: tā - draw, paint; mati - digit; hiko - electric)

tānga pakiwaituhi Tūingoa

cartoon drawing, comic drawing

tapa pīngore Tūingoa

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

tāpare Tūingoa

frame (kupu kē atu: taitapa, taku)

tāpiko Tūingoa

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

tāpora Tūingoa

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

taputapu Tūingoa

tool (kupu kē atu: pāraharaha)

taputapu tuhi Tūingoa

drawing instrument

tārehu Tūingoa

charcoal, black pigment (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, waro)

tārunga whakarehurehu Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

scumble, scumbling (takenga mai: tā - paint; runga - top; whakarehurehu - blur)

tātaitanga Tūingoa

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

tātiwha ~hia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

shade (of colour) (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; tiwha - dark)

tauira Tūingoa

pattern

taurite Tūingoa, Tūāhua

balance, balanced

taurite hikuwaru Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

tawa Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

tāwai ~tia Tūmahi Whiti

(to) dye (takenga mai: tāwai - steep in vegetable dye)

tawau Tūingoa

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

tāwhai ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

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

tea Tūāhua

light (of colour), pale (kupu kē atu: kaho, kōmā, teatea)

tīhāngai Tūingoa

T-square (takenga mai: koki hāngai - right angle)

tikanga toi Tūingoa

art technique

tioka Tūingoa

chalk

tipirori Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

irregular (shape) (kupu kē atu: hikuwaru, tipitaha, tōroherohe, tipihori)

tīrewa peita Tūingoa

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

tirohanga Tūingoa

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

tirohanga pūrua Tūingoa

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

tirohanga pūtahi Tūingoa

single-point perspective, one-point perspective (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; tahi - one)

tirohanga pūtoru Tūingoa

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

tohu Tūingoa

symbol, symbolise

tohu whakarite Tūingoa

visual metaphor (kupu kē atu: ata whakarite)

toi Tūingoa

art

toi a te marea Tūingoa

folk art

toi arotini Tūingoa

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

toi hou Tūingoa

modernism

toi karawhiti Tūingoa

graffiti art (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Itariana].)

toi kōpura Tūingoa

impressionism (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)

toi matahuhua Tūingoa

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

toi mautohe Tūingoa

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

toi pīereere Tūingoa

marbling (takenga mai: pīereere - fissured)

toi pohewa Tūingoa

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

toi pono Tūingoa

realism

toi pūkare Tūingoa

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

toi rapirapi Tūingoa

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

toi rārangi Tūingoa

line art

toi tahanga Tūingoa

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

toi tūaweawe Tūingoa

non-figurative art, non-representational art (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; aweawe - distant, out of reach)

toi tūrehurehu Tūingoa

abstract art (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; rehurehu - indistinctly seen)

toi tūturu Tūingoa

figurative art, representational art (takenga mai: tūturu - real, true, actual, authentic)

toirau Tūingoa

mixed media (kupu kē atu: rawatoi tini)

tōroherohe Tūāhua

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

tuarongo Tūingoa

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

tuawaenga Tūingoa

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

tūāwhiorangi kitea Tūingoa

colour spectrum (takenga mai: tūāwhiorangi - rainbow)

tuhi ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

draw, drawing (kupu kē atu: tā ~ia ~nga)

tuhi rerehua Tūingoa

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

tuhi rerehua ā-ringa Tūingoa

calligraphy

tuhinga āwhata Tūingoa

scale drawing

tūhura ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

explore, exploration

tukanga toi Tūingoa

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

tūmomo Tūingoa

genre (kupu kē atu: momo, kātū)

tūrehurehu Tūāhua

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

uiraira Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

ukupara ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

smudge

ura Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

ura Tūingoa, Tūāhua

auburn (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai - red brown)

uri, uriuri Tūāhua

dark (of colour) (kupu kē atu: hiwa, kākarauri)

(a) waenga Tūingoa

middle ground (of an image) (kupu kē atu: papawaenga, tuawaenga)

waimeha Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

weak, dull (of colour) (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)

waiporoporo Tūingoa, Tūāhua

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

waitae Tūingoa

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

waitohu Tūingoa

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

waituhi Tūingoa

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

waituhi kiriaku Tūingoa

acrylic ink

wākihi Tūingoa

wax (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

wana Tūāhua

contrast (of an image) (takenga mai: wana - conspicuous)

wānihi Tūingoa

varnish (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

waro Tūingoa

charcoal, black pigment (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, tārehu)

wīra tae Tūingoa

colour wheel (kupu kē atu: taeāwhio)

whakaahua kiriaro Tūingoa

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

whakaahua kiripaki Tūingoa

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

whakaahua kiritangata Tūingoa

portrait (takenga mai: kiritangata – person)

whakaahua taiao Tūingoa

landscape (image) (takenga mai: taiao - environment)

whakaahua takiraha Tūingoa

panorama (takenga mai: takiraha - wide, extended)

whakaahua tū Tūingoa

static image (kupu kē atu: whakaahua hū)

whakahanumi ~tia Tūmahi Whiti

mix together (paint etc.) (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakaranu)

whakahawe ~a Tūmahi Whiti

distort (image)

whakamāori ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

interpret

whakarākai ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

embellish, adorn (kupu kē atu: rākai, rākei, whakaniko, whakanakonako, whakapaipai)

whakaranu ~a Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

mix together (paint etc.) (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakahanumi)

whakatīaho Tūāhua

translucent

whakawhanake ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

develop (takenga mai: whaka - causitive prefix; whanake - grow)

whānako ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

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

whare whakaatu (toi) Tūingoa

(art) gallery

whero Tūingoa, Tūāhua

red, orange-red (kupu kē atu: kura - red)