水彩有着古老的历史 ,但是在工具方面的伟大革新 ,出现于１８世纪。中世纪画家使用多种形式的水彩以及丹培拉或树胶水彩。而一旦油画颜料成为文艺复兴时期画家的主要绘画方式 ,水彩即被限制性地用于初稿草图 ,以及地形学中地图上的图例。主要由手工制作的颜料 ,色系有限 ,色彩 Watercolor has an ancient history, but great innovations in tools came in the 18th century. Medieval painters use a variety of forms of watercolor as well as Dan Pelay or gouache. Once the oil paints became the main method of painting for Renaissance painters, watercolor was restricted to first draft sketches, as well as topographical maps on the map. Mainly by hand-made pigments, color is limited, color