contrasty
adjEtymology From contrast + -y.
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Arts, Broadcasting, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Media, Photography, Television Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).
- His inherently less contrasty and detailed paper negative work, toward the end of his life, is at least more ambivalent and not so cold.1982 February 6, Martin Krieger, “Stark/Erotic”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 10:
- The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.2004, John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page 25: