| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:PigmentDiscovery |
| type | Art, Art Production, Art Realization, Concept, Painting Technique, Resource, Technique, Visual Arts, Watercolor Technique |
| broader | painting technique, painting term, visual art term, watercolor technique |
| definition | An unexpected finding about pigment behavior, mixture, or interaction that occurs during the painting of a specific work and subsequently enters the artist's repertoire. Distinguished from planned technique by its accidental or exploratory origin. |
| editorial note | Source: 20260309. Example: discovering during the St. Mark's facade that turquoise mixed with Indian red produces a luminous gray particularly suited to sunlit stonework. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Pigment Discovery |
| related | Chromatic Variation in Wash, Complementary Mixed Gray, St. Mark's Basilica Notes |
| skos:altLabel | In-process Discovery |