“Tan Peila” is the English transliteration of “Tempera”,which from the ancient Italian, means "reconcile" "stirring" refers to all after the water-soluble, the color of plastic binders and composition of the oil painting, often for a single egg, and so on .China has a transliteration of "Pella eggs", "Dan Peila" and so on. There are also translated as "egg white powder oil painting," "egg white oil painting," "protein painting", "tempera".based on the use of the media. Tan Peila is used either egg and the other materials as media, so it would be more appropriate as a transliteration. 

The various kinds of paintings is usually identified by the different paint.And named by the binder (the media) comtained in paint.That is,the oil paints is a combination of toner and oil.The watercolor paints is a combination of toner and Arab plastic. Chinese oil painting pigments is a combination of toner and plant gum or glue. Wax and color pencil or crayon is a combination of toner and wax. Tanpei La paints is a combination of toner and eggs. 

The special nature of Tan Peila is that it is a latex binder,it’s a multi-water emulsion and non-transparent emulsion mixture,containing oil and water. Make more use of the whole eggs or egg yolk for the emulsifier, and then enter the appropriate amount of Linseed oil and oil resin.In the emulsion, the oil molecules dispersion into water stably, which can be a powerful combination of the emulsion,put this paint this emulsion mix with water and painte on the screen, it will be able to dry after a few seconds, with the Conjunctiva of the passage of time, hard, tough solid water is no longer the solution. Ancient painter found this and make use of it. Tan Peila oil paintings was invented at that time. In addition to the egg Tan Peila, there are plastic water Tanpei refuse, such as casein Tanpei La. 

Tan Peila multi-color looks as thin as watercolor when have more water, transparent fluid.While lfull calm when less water. It is suitable for oil painting. Tan Peila painting has a beautiful silk-like luster, naturally feeling.Soft is its features.As the paint is Quick-drying,the artists will not wait for a long time in the process of painting.The disadvantage of it is that it is not as bleeding as a "water moisture and flavor." Tan Peila painting is stable, strong, able to maintain most of bright color,which can keep longer than other kinds of painting (including oil). 

Use egg color for oil painting can be traced back to ancient Greece and the Middle Ages.it’s a embryonic form of Tan Peila.It’s said that it’s originated with Florentine painter Cimabue,and his disciple named Giotto improve and perfect it. this technique was popular in Italy, Flanders and the Netherlands and other countries and regions.It was once be neglected as the development of oil paintings.but the contemporary artists re-discovered its artistic value and began to explore the performance space about Tanpei La oil paintings’.