\Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.)
A mode or process of painting; distemper.

\Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.)
A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian
      painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg,
      yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice
      of the fig tree, and the like.