ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Contrasty

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Contrasty is an adjective meaning (photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).

Meaning

(photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).

Example Sentences

The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.
His inherently less contrasty and detailed paper negative work, toward the end of his life, is at least more ambivalent and not so cold.

Antonyms for contrasty

Common opposites include flat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contradistinctive, autocontrasted, multicontrast.

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