Wash (visual arts)
（重定向自Wash Drawing）
![The 11th century Chinese artist Wen Tong was known for his ink and wash bamboo pieces.[1]](/Images/godic/202502/20/Wen_Tong2906.jpg")
![Rembrandt selectively used a wash technique in his depictions of lions to enhance the contrast between](/Images/godic/202502/20/Rembrandt-A-Lion-Lying-Down-207063_detail2906.jpg")
A wash is a term for a visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of color. A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink and wash. Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting.