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CONTRASTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contrasty mean?
• CONTRASTY (adjective)
The adjective CONTRASTY has 1 sense:
1. having sharp differences between black and white
Familiarity information: CONTRASTY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: contrastier
Superlative: contrastiest
Superlative: contrastiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having sharp differences between black and white
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Antonym:
flat (lacking contrast or shading between tones)
Derivation:
contrast (the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness))
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