fresh paint

Don't touch sign

Fresh paint is paint that has been recently applied and hasn't fully dried or cured.

The phrase appears most often on warning signs: Caution: Fresh Paint.

It warns people not to touch surfaces or lean against walls.

Figuratively, fresh paint suggests something newly renovated or superficially improved: The campaign was just fresh paint on the same old policies.

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roller · fumes · primer · coat · walls · canvas · latex · acrylic · dripping · smell · turpentine · warning sign · splatter · tacky · touch up · glossy · stroke · renovation

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Opposites
curing state

fresh paintdried paint

Coating that has hardened

age and condition

fresh paintpeeling paint

Coating separating from surface

faded paint

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G