Your Mother or Grandmother may remember this fashion from the middle 1900s. Veiling creates the look of an inconsistent, gauzy, webbed coating - an effect you can actually feel in some instances. It adds a dimension of sublety to darker colors, but dramatically changes the mood of lighter colors.

Semi-Opaque Base Coats | Glaze | Physical Distress | Edge Wear | Veiling | Crackle | Duotone | Definitions

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