

Clean-up solvents are also different for water-based paint than they are for oil-based paint. For one, it is illegal in most municipalities to discard oil-based paint down household drains or sewers. Most paints are either oil-based or water-based and each has distinct characteristics.

Paint is typically stored, sold, and applied as a liquid, but most types dry into a solid. Paint can be made or purchased in many colors-and in many different types. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture. Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or solid mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. Assorted tempera (top) and gouache (bottom) paints
