Please tell me, in terms of the art of painting, which is correct: watercolour or water colour?

Kainantu

Either is acceptable. water-colour n. (US water-color) 1 artists' paint made of pigment to be diluted with water and not oil. 2 picture painted with this. 3 art of painting with water-colours. watercolour Painting in colours which are soluble in water (bound with gum-arabic or similar substances) on white or tinted paper. Watercolours were known in 2nd-century AD Egypt, but became an important art with {D%FCrer;} a tradition of watercolour painting was created by British painters from the 19th century http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=652706 and secid=.- and hh=1 Dec 26 02, 1:48 AM

mk2norwich

Both are used, but having consulted my dictionary, the two given forms of the word are (a) hyphenated (water-colour) and (b) just a complete word (watercolour). So I'd personally go with either of those two, rather than the two words written separately. Dec 26 02, 1:51 AM