negative painting

negative painting
noun
: an ancient process of decorative painting (as of Peruvian Indian pottery) marked by application of wax or gum to parts of a surface and by application of color to the entire surface and by subsequent removal of the wax or gum so as to leave a pattern created by the parts of the surface thus left unpainted

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