Culture trivia
Name a type of paint
82 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Oil paint
- Watercolour
- Acrylic paint
- Emulsion
- Gloss paint
- Poster paint
- Spray paint
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Finger paint
- Face paint
- Body paint
- Chalk paint
- Matt emulsion
- Silk emulsion
- Eggshell paint
- Satin paint
- Undercoat
- Primer
- Masonry paint
- Wood paint
- Metal paint
- Radiator paint
- Floor paint
- Blackboard paint
- Chalkboard paint
- Magnetic paint
- Glow-in-the-dark paint
- Luminous paint
- Fluorescent paint
- Metallic paint
- Gold paint
- Silver paint
- Enamel paint
- Lacquer
- Varnish
- Stain
- Woodstain
- Gouache
- Tempera
- Pastel
- Oil pastel
- Ink
- Indian ink
- Fresco
- Encaustic
- Distemper
- Whitewash
- Limewash
- Milk paint
- Casein paint
- Casein
The iceberg for “Name a type of paint”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsOil paint · Watercolour · Acrylic paint
- Below the Surface43 answers · 25 ptsFinger paint · Face paint · Body paint …
- The Deep21 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 21 answers starting with B, C, F, J, L, M, N, R, S, T, U, V and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 82 answers in total, 55 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ink”. Longest: “Glow-in-the-dark paint”.
- F, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Watercolor” counts as Watercolour.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with F than with any other letter (9). Run through it first.
- Skip Oil paint, Watercolour and Acrylic paint; everybody says them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of paint”?
- Most people start with Oil paint, Watercolour, Acrylic paint, Emulsion and Gloss paint. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of paint”?
- 82 in all: 7 on The Tip, 43 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of paint”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ink” and the longest is “Glow-in-the-dark paint”.
- Is “Name a type of paint” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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