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🖍️ To emphasize ⭐ Best part 💡 A light spot 💄 To add shimmer
highlight

highlight

32 3.4
A bright spot on a picture where light hits or reflects
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
: reflejo
  • "The autumn sea was iron-colored, with highlights of lime and burnished gold."
  • shadows and highlights
  • specular highlights

I don't know, maybe a blur or some highlight would be nice.

Examples

  • It's meant to mimic the natural highlights of the sun.

    Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

  • So we place the highlight in this area.

  • So you can see that white highlight right up here.

  • And we're going to just put that highlight along the top there.

  • Always comes out as more of a highlight on my skin.

  • So this is the highlight, the yellow highlight, this is the pink cut.

  • And then it's just like this cream highlight that you kind of blend out.

  • Her brown hair, darted with blonde highlights, was soft and loose around her face.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The sea was black, with highlights and wave rests of polished silver.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • In the painting, the sun's rays created a bright highlight on the water's surface.

Synonyms

highlighting
vshighlight
1 2.9

A bright area in a picture that makes a part look shiny

describes a natural bright spot caused by light reflection or direct shine
specularity
vshighlight
  • Specialized
1 9.3

A bright spot on a surface made by reflected light

is any bright area from reflection or direct shining, not only shiny surfaces

Compounds

highlight reel
10 4.1

A short video showing the best and most exciting moments of an event

the highlight of the trip
1 2.1

The best part of a trip that people remember most

highlight of the party
1 3.0

The most exciting and memorable part of a party

How Bright

glare
43 3.3
highlight
32 3.4
lighting
230 3.1
lowlights
  • Specialized
1 5.2

Surface Forms

highlight singular
highlights plural

Morphology

highlight = high + light (transparent) = high + light

This sense is a literal compound 'high' + 'light' referring to a bright or prominent area in an image.

Etymology

Highlight comes from high and light, and in pictures it names the bright spot where light hits. That's why a highlight is the shiny or very bright area in a photo or painting.