The technique of painting with colors bound in a water emulsion.
You make it with water and egg yolk.
Or an oil-in-water emulsion.
You make it with oil and a whole egg.
To make true tempera you need the yolk of fresh eggs.
Some artists make tempera paints
with an artificial emulsion.
They use gum or glue.
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