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highlighting

2.9

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

noun
/ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ/

: iluminación

The highlighting in this landscape creates a beautiful contrast between the sky and the mountains.

I will be doing some highlighting around the eye.

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Examples

You can also add lavender to brighten up the highlights of your cheekbones.
You want crisp edges on your highlights and shadows for these materials.
So the difference between the highlights is very extreme.
And then as usual, to create the highlights, I get a clean brush.
In this painting, the artist used bright colors for the highlighting on the flowers to make them stand out.
For a better effect, effective highlighting is necessary to emphasize the main features of the portrait.

Synonyms

brightness

vshighlighting

41 1.0

How much light something gives or how close it looks to white

refers to a specific light area created to emphasize parts of an image

highlight

vshighlighting

32 3.4

A bright spot on a picture where light hits or reflects

is used to create contrast or emphasize features in an image

lightness

vshighlighting

Specialized

1 4.3

A brightness in an image or scene that changes mood

focuses on a distinct bright area used to create contrast in pictures

specularity

vshighlighting

Specialized

9.3

A bright spot on a surface made by reflected light

is a general bright area used to emphasize features rather than only reflections

Antonyms

shadow

544 1.0

A dark shape on the ground made when something blocks light

darkness

534 1.0

A time or place with almost no light

How Bright

glare

37 3.3

highlighting

2.9

highlight

32 3.4

Surface Forms

highlighting singular

highlightings plural

Morphology

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

The word is formed by adding the productive suffix -ing to the base 'highlight', and the noun sense is directly related to that base meaning.

Etymology

The word highlighting comes from highlight, which combines high and light and means 'to put strong light on' a part. In drawing and painting, highlighting is adding bright spots to show shape and make features stand out.