Acrylic paint is a very fast drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, and are water resistant when the paint has dried. Acrylics can have characteristic to be diluted or modified to look like watercolors, or oil paintings. It can also be used to have other unique features that make it great for layering and thick paintings.
Acrylic paints were made commercially available for the first time in the 1950s. They were mineral spirit based. Water based acrylics were sold as house paints also known as latex. Acrylics come in high gloss or in matte finishes and the particle size can alter the sheen of the paint.
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