highlight
- noun
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
- "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.
- I don't know, maybe a blur or some highlight would be nice.
Examples
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It's meant to mimic the natural highlights of the sun.
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So we place the highlight in this area.
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So you can see that white highlight right up here.
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And we're going to just put that highlight along the top there.
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Always comes out as more of a highlight on my skin.
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So this is the highlight, the yellow highlight, this is the pink cut.
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And then it's just like this cream highlight that you kind of blend out.
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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
A bright spot on a surface made by reflected light
A bright area in a picture that makes a part look shiny
Compounds
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.