Binders in painting (except for the technique of fresco and silicate painting) are adhesives of animal or vegetable origin dissolved, emulsified or suspended in water or another solvent, resins, hydrocarbons soluble in water or oils, solidifying oils, polymers. Binders serve as film-formers in paints - substances that create a hard, durable film during curing that holds pigments and fillers in their composition. Paints are subdivided into opaque, or body paints - creating a non-translucent layer, and glazing - giving a transparent or translucent layer.