Tempera paints vs. Oil paint

Temper paints and oil paints seem to be different but actually do have some similarities. They were both used in England as early as the 13^th and 15^th century. The differences between these two paints is that tempera paint is usually applied in multiple layers because it is thin and it doesn’t usually have a deep color saturation unlike oil paint which is really thick and oil paint has a deep color saturation. After years went by, people started to replace tempera paint for oil paint in Italy in the 1500’s. Oil paint allowed the artist to paint not only inside but outdoors which then caused people to give up on tempera paint. Egg tempera painting is slow because you have to add many layers of pure translucent pigment and egg yolk. Although this process takes a while, this medium last for many centuries.