A piece of loosely woven cloth that has been dipped into varnish oil and wrung out. When it becomes tacky or sticky, it is used to wipe a surface to remove particles of dust.

Sticky condition of coating during drying, between wet and dry-to-touch stage.

The roughness or irregularity of a surface.

Paint that can be manipulated by brush, roller, trowel or other tool to produce various effects.

Solvents used to thin coatings.

The color produced by the mixture of white pigment with absorbing (generally chromatic) colorants. The color of the resulting mixture is lighter and less saturated than the color without the addition of the white. Verb – To adjust the color of a test specimen to be a closer color match to the standard.

The basic paint in a custom color system to which colorants are added.

White pigment in virtually all white paints. Prime hiding pigment in most paints.

The range of color difference that is acceptable to say that the color is a commercial

Transmitting light diffusely, but not permitting a clear view of objects beyond the specimen and not in contact with it.

Adjective to describe a material that transmits light without diffusion or scattering.