Describing Wordsfor Painting

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Here are some adjectives for painting: telltale indelible, once-proud red, nauseous green, quick-drying indelible, imperishable black, more luminescent, blue, greasy, seductive fancy, ordinary interior, thick fire-resistant, bright and precise, gilt or bright, recent and rather sloppy, purple floral, black, heat-resistant, pale, pea-green, azure and jewelled, doubtful red, plaid, white, legible red, mellow creamy, diligent, painstaking, almost ignorant, same monochrome, fresh olive-green, metal, fresh, lustrous emerald, virulent yellow-green, definitely fresh, glow-in-the-dark red. You can get the definitions of these painting adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to painting (and find more here).

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Words to Describe painting

Below is a list of describing words for painting. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe painting:

telltale indelible once-proud red nauseous green quick-drying indelible imperishable black more luminescent blue, greasy seductive fancy ordinary interior thick fire-resistant bright and precise gilt or bright recent and rather sloppy purple floral black, heat-resistant pale, pea-green azure and jewelled doubtful red plaid, white legible red mellow creamy diligent, painstaking almost ignorant same monochrome fresh olive-green metal, fresh
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lustrous emerald virulent yellow-green definitely fresh glow-in-the-dark red quick-drying blue white permanent maddeningly colorful gray radiant brightest obtainable lively gray and red ital and traditional red glow-in-the-dark vermilion and green highest and black tough, well-cemented richest azure frightful brown recently wet ineffectual dry old, variegated shiny, hot little long-shanked white, brown or red coarse ochre fresh or hard partially soft pistachio green forth blue and red old and rather stiff lead, lead brand-new grey charcoal, red and black yellow, black and crimson vermilion and blue blue protective grey official luminescent orange gaudy luminous lurid lavender special luminous green, yellow and orange corinthian white rectangular grey metal and bright fibrous white attractive beige runny black specially inferior green, gray and brown old, chalky crimson or emerald special maroon smooth gilt grey, drab rubbery, ancient blue and hot-pink pasty, cheap glaringly yellow black or vermilion foul-smelling blue drab pastel black and azure savage identical green, grey and yellow fanciful colored national automotive thin-walled, blue gray official thick, bituminous expensive glossy ceremonial yellow inappropriate white red water-soluble radioactive, glow-in-the-dark metal or bright still bright and colorful lively gray drab institutional now dirty and sticky sparkling scarlet glow-in-the-dark yellow antiseptic pea-green stale and brown glossy exterior yellow high-gloss sun-burned white once-proud black fractionally brighter vivid luminous once luminous orange palpable blue-green metallic solid and transparent brown wet flat monochromatic thy immaculate golden and yellow red, golden and yellow just red and blue still soft and fresh yellow, crimson and blue sensible green red or yeller dirty bluish still fresh and pure good exterior apply white dingy, bilious well-founded, other glaring vermilion also cheaper mere sallow fresh, sticky spanish brown less gilt together blue and yellow together blue merely red sacred red special quick-drying eighteenth and nineteenth-century same radioactive fat and sleek green waxy indelible white fresh and spotless bright and harmless gaudy, cheap most luminous dirty, bad new red-and-white satisfactory white thin mineral white sandal oil-based eggshell blue moldy green small corrugated little mineral cheerful white quick-drying small handsome white and maroon statutory empty together brown additional microscopic thin toxic indeterminately coloured saucy orange-and-white large unidentified damned gray bright, crimson disgusting pink obnoxious orange greasy, flaky crazed green sickly beige certain toxic original communist tense yellow complimentary red humiliating red same dried-up old gluey black, red and white somewhat raw coarse orange savage blue possible, white principally white moist red scarred grey institutional green black rubbery durable red rich umber vermilion and black exclusive white thick ochre red, black and yellow gray flat cheerful pink garish blue scarcely dry dark greasy lumpy red official red real slick black, white and gray anti-material dirty off-white new oval red mineral open, empty thick, chalky frosty yellow chalky green white ritual oval, white decorous gray pastel yellow further red same multicolored happy pink washed-out red wet shiny careful black distinctive maroon same luminescent concrete and white charcoal, black cold dusty tan colored maroon colored empty or full red metallic relatively fresh black ceremonial white, red and green normal white gilt and blue well-cemented red enamelled misty, gray scarlet and green bright fluorescent rather sloppy glaring green enough red beady black blue and ochre already scarred ochre and yellow more gilt empty five-gallon sparkly purple heavy, troubled lean, active yellow ochre secret chemical superior white colonial white dull earthy non-skid shabby yellow odious black original red sacred black fine liquid heavy mineral original blue small sacred red, white and black much red ancient orange fresh red glossy, white smooth, expensive elderly green khaki green old, rusting hideous pink unblemished blue clean, unblemished pristine black black, white and red florid red chinese white exceedingly wet red, white and green much gilt clean dirty little sorry glossy red fresh yellow gray and orange brittle old almost luminous vivid golden mere raw somewhat soft absolutely black active-matrix reflective yellow dull scarlet iridescent yellow special blue crumbly white clear, amber forth blue red, yellow and blue miserably inadequate finest italian fresh white bilious green virginal white fresh blue tan and brown sombre red much fiery familiar green dirty green fluorescent blue dark blue-black different-color sticky orange proud blue now dirty powdery black soft luminous fire-resistant small double just red cheerful green white luminous almost colorless brave red once white watery brown blue, red and yellow bright, glossy impossibly expensive red, yellow and green sloppy black straight yellow much white fresh black smudged white fat japanese much green brown or red blue or green new thick green luminous “digital lustrous green bald white excellent green small ancient green metallic thirty-caliber cheap new red liquid sickly blue cheerful new beige and brown ubiquitous red slightly wet gay blue much bright new wet washable blank, dead gay white strong fresh red revolutionary same pink brilliant orange white or gray dull, dull watery blue scarlet and blue heat-resistant bright scarlet garish orange brown, glossy gunmetal grey green and lavender white or black garish red once bright thy airy fiery yellow mineral sticky black inevitable white flat dead scaly gray gray industrial thick, old red red wet wild and extravagant semi-automatic vermilion small, new old pink fluorescent few late new grey red or white dingy brown palest blue red and black yellow and grey precious red least new white opaque epoxy grey and green luminescent glow-in-the-dark bloody black small plain luminous glossy white cheap green black or red common brown red and yellow orange and white yellow and orange white and green bright gilt gilt and red visible white common gray excellent white black or gray flat black pastel blue just white new, white new yellow hot-air white and yellow orange colored ripe, rich antique white charming white fresh, white scarred gray cheap red indelible little fresh thick pink purple and yellow cheap chinese fresh, raw powdery white ordinary blue white or green red and white bright yellow ordinary yellow green and black brilliant yellow stone-gray phosphorescent other mineral greasy red fresh red or black yellow and red white bright turquoise thick wet gritty black fluorescent orange clean fresh plain yellow mosaic-like soft creamy red and blue tri-colored much old bright cheery iridescent black dingy blue slightly thicker famous yellow spanking new brown and green red or green such fresh thick white black and red flawless white nontoxic clean new once perfect clean brown pea-green red and grey thick, sticky yellowish white glossy black plain and fancy glossy green real blue gilt bright pink interior and exterior dull black blue and scarlet plain dark smooth warm jolly red crimson and blue ochre yellow dingy white yellow and white red or blue dried-out same white bright vermilion thin, icy shiny red slick gray gunmetal gray wet white long-shanked solar-cell shiny wet entirely empty smart white green and white green small deep ugly yellow bold white distinctive red black and scarlet immaculately white flaming red thin green blue and red rotten bad black and crimson immaculate white bright red high-gloss cheap white bright orange much black clean white piezoelectric astonishing new black and green dry black gray and red faintly luminescent ordinary white usual red blue and orange blue old-fashioned white previously invisible stimulative bright, fresh different colored new white still wet smooth pale nice fresh reddish black dusty blue new, clean sickly green dark brownish original black still soft dull blue yellow and blue fresh green dull red thick yellow new green rubber-like white or red fairly thick fresh new white and red real genuine black best white rosy pink same red red and green just black wet green slick white fine fresh yellow and green good green old hard cheerful yellow cold, slimy good, thick little red thin yellow mnemonic wet red vivid green bright coloured new red stark white white and grey maroon fresh pink mere dead brilliant new hard green ugly red modern german thick purple luminous white smoky blue fancy red black and white spotless white black wet somewhat odd differently colored soft yellow ugly brown soft pale hot pink grey and red institutional good red common white dim red metallic blue brown and red green and blue bright green big metal flat white bluest grey and yellow still red orange-and-white slightly lighter shiny brown other coloured sickish royal blue gaudy red enough white light-colored shiny gray water-soluble ominous black five-gallon dull brown shiny white orange sickly yellow off-the-shelf water-proof strong blue drab green ital blue and yellow gray and white wet gay green bright new bright white beige garish photosensitive coarse red metallic green white and black reflective red, red bright, beautiful dirty white dark green scorched bargain-basement ordinary black raw material yellow and black brave new nice new vivid scarlet little rough green and red blue and white light-blue dark olive pale green thick gray olive-green brilliant white sparkling white scarlet thin metallic purest white filthy black brown dark red much fresh automotive two-tone thick blue white and purple more yellow fine brown faintly luminous bright-red early german rough grey rather stiff turquoise thick green rusty red shiny yellow modern japanese infelicitous pastel still fresh such thin exterior and interior red-and-yellow thin-walled much harder black-and-white plain blue pearly white cherry red red and orange yellowish green such vivid greatly superior new blue such bright little white thick red green and yellow little dirty many prominent red or yellow almost solid fresher fine red bright blue longer mere still bright dingy old chalky brown and black gray dull yellow dark coloured gratis ceremonial toxic runny mammoth hot-pink old red polka-dotted little dry soft pink monochromatic dazzling white livelier thinner yellow-green mauve fine grey umber black and yellow artsy sleek black luminous green obtainable highly coloured pink sepia straw-colored tarnal crude pale yellow blue and gray phosphorous gaudy composite flashy ancient black blank white more vulnerable brown and yellow white or yellow gray and brown smooth white smudged same golden rubbery white and gray drab smooth gray little wet thin white new and old deep green black and grey blue and green crimson fair white thin brown wet black good honest shiny black pasty sandal grey watered-down little gray new black faint blue off-color off-white reddish brown beautiful red azure orange and yellow rich brown thick, black mimetic metallic thick, white spotless little black multi-colored dark-green brilliant blue green and brown iridescent pink and blue colored scabrous “special charcoal old dry little extra stippled old green barbaric original monochrome old gray magenta long-handled fine black red, white and blue cosmetic thick black dark gray ulcerated olive soft black plain white bare white rusty black colorless same green bright corrugated salmon-colored radioactive poor black well-founded deep blue deep, rich lead dark brown splashy white and blue flaky exterior beautiful blue gray-blue blue-black more red eggshell modernistic dingy brilliant red little old-fashioned textured coloured glossy broad red cool white solid black blackest heavy red other common gray and black tribal fancy more white protective kal plaid cold black beautiful white preemptive dirty brown powdered purple unopened creamy white programmable blinding white overlying little more black and gray dull grey superfluous sunbaked steel-gray gluey sallow sloppy old white ornery painstaking red and purple dried-up pale blue sticky bright golden seventeenth-century nice white freckled rusting other old old yellow unaltered eighteenth-century cherry emerald green opaque shiny powdery galvanized nineteenth-century yeller clean little blue liquid pink and white facial generic early brightly colored unblemished vivid dull green thin red good, honest brightest pure white decorative immaculate disgusting creamy efficacious four-inch colorful thick cheap multicolored unsubstantial age-old ultraviolet pale brown

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Words to Describe painting

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "painting" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "painting" are: telltale indelible, once-proud red, nauseous green, quick-drying indelible, and imperishable black. There are 995 other words to describe painting listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe painting suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "painting" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many painting adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is painting?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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