PURPOSE: To obtain easily usable Japanese painting colors, by thinning a creamy mixture of colors for pictures in Japanese style with a specific amount of fine silica gel and a water-soluble acrylic acid resin.

CONSTITUTION: Powder (P) of colors, e.g. distemper or water colors for pictures in Japanese style, is incorporated with about a half amount of (P) of fine silica gel. A water-soluble acrylic acid resin is then slowly added to the mixture to form creamy colors, which are suitably dissolved in water in use.

EFFECT: Simple methods of use without causing cracking on the picture surfaces, and partial falling off of the colors.