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grisaille
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What does grisaille mean?
noun
- In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.
- A stained-glass window in this style.
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Some years ago an eminent collector gave the price of £30 for a small French book of Hours, painted in grisaille.