How to pronounce grisaille
American English pronunciation
grih-ZY
- IPA
- /ɡɹɪˈzaɪ/
- Syllables
- grih · ZY (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What grisaille means
A way of painting using only shades of gray
In a sentence: The artist began with a grisaille to plan the light and shadow before adding color.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, from the word for gray.
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