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Definition of Scumble
1. Noun. The application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture.
Definition of Scumble
1. v. t. To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.
Definition of Scumble
1. Noun. An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint). ¹
2. Verb. to apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scumble
1. to soften the outlines or colors of by rubbing lightly [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scumble
Literary usage of Scumble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The ground of verd antique is cither black or dark green, the marbling colors
being dark brown and green; with these, scumble over the work; then, ..."
2. Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings by Fogg Art Museum (1919)
"It was doubtless produced by a scumble of yellow ochre and white shading into a
... The mountains are produced by a light scumble over the background, ..."
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