{{Short description|Cheap distemper paint}} thumb|Several colors of poster paint '''Poster paint''' (also known as ''tempera paint'' in the US, ''poster color'' in Asia) is a distemper paint that usually uses starch, cornstarch, cellulose, gum-water or another glue size as its binder. It either comes in large bottles or jars or in a powdered form. It is normally a cheap paint used in school art classes.
Asian poster paints are similar to gouache, albeit has a thinner viscosity, uses gum arabic and/or dextrin as a binder, and use inexpensive and less lightfast pigments more coarsely ground, with added brighteners to make the paints affordable. Poster colors are used in art classes, in animation production, and in scanning and printing.<ref>{{Citation |title=What Is The Difference Between Watercolor & Gouache & Poster Colors? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDR6VWlqwa4 |access-date=2023-07-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Poster Color - What is it? Sakura Poster Color First Impressions |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8XHJ_aqTY |access-date=2023-07-08 |language=en}}</ref> Notable brands that produce poster colors include Kokuyo Camlin, Monami, Pentel,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poster Color U |url=https://pentelsingapore.com/products/poster-color-u |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Pentel Singapore |language=en}}</ref> Sakura,<ref>{{Cite web |title=POSTER COLORS IN GLASS BOTTLE｜SAKURA COLOR PRODUCTS CORP. |url=http://www.craypas.com/global/products/18837 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=SAKURA COLOR PRODUCTS CORP. |language=ja}}</ref> and Nicker.
==See also==
* Gouache * Tempera, the common name for Poster paint in the US and also a fine art painting material using egg yolk as a binder
==References== {{Reflist}} * Ralph Mayer, ''The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques'', page 231
Category:Paints Category:Early childhood education in the United States Category:Children's art
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