| SECCO | A wall painting done on dried plaster with tempera or pigments ground in limewater |
| OIL | Substance extracted from olives, avocados, walnuts or the seeds of sunflowers, poppies or flax as a culinary ingredient or as medium for artists paints or pigments (3) |
| ELMER | He had no wait for the limewater ... (5) |
| FRESCO | Wall painting done on wet plaster |
| GOUACHE | What method of painting uses opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance? (7) |
| FRESCOES | Paintings done on wet plaster on walls or ceilings (8) |
| TINCTURE | Word for a dye or pigment that, from the sense "imparted quality", came to mean a pharmaceutical or medicinal extract; an alcoholic drink; or, a slight aroma, flavour or trace (8) |
| BLUE | Name, from "bilberry", of an aristocratic or royal colour such as azure, sapphire or Saxe; or, powder or pigment of this hue, traditionally used to preserve the whiteness of laundry or to rinse one's |
| MURAL | You are with little Malcolm looking at a wall painting (5) |
| GRISAILLE | Metal frame all around is a painting done in monochrome (9) |
| TRIPTYCHS | Paintings done on three panels |
| PALE | Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment (4) |
| IMPASTO | The process of laying on paint or pigment thickly so that it stands out from a surface (7) |
| EGG | Ingredient in tempera or tempura |
| UCCELLO | Florentine artist who, though "bird" by name, derived his moniker "little bird" from his passion for rendering avians in tempera or oils (7) |
| ALARUM | A wall-painting that's put up is arousing (6) |
| CATHAY | Feline sits on dried grass in China (6) |
| HAYFEVER | Excitement on dried grass, it's enough to make one sneeze (3,5) |
| BURNTSIENNA | A dark, reddish-orange to reddish-brown dye or pigment (5,6) |
| TONER | Skin tonic of rosewater, witchhazel etc; a firming exercise/device; hair dye; or, pigment for xerography (5) |
