Cirage

Japanese: cirage
Cirage

...Camaille also refers to the process of painting the main shape of an object in a single shade of light as a pre-treatment for painting with layers of translucent colors in traditional oil painting. Camayle painted only in shades of white, black, and gray is called grisaille, brown shades are called cirage, and green shades are called verdaille. All of these words are derived from the French words gris (gray), cire (beeswax), and vert (green)....

*Some terminology explanations that mention "cirage" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また伝統的な油彩画の制作工程で半透明色を重ねて彩色する前処理としておもなものの形を単色の明暗で描くこともカマイユという。カマイユのうち白・黒・灰色の階調だけで描いたものをグリザイユgrisaille,褐色の階調のものをシラージュcirage,緑色調のものをベルダイユverdailleという。いずれもフランス語のgris(灰色),cire(蜜蠟),vert(緑)から派生した言葉である。…

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