red eye
- noun
- /rɛd aɪ/
:
efecto de ojos rojos
- Many people use editing software to reduce the "red eye" effect in their photographs.
- red-eye removal
- remove red-eye
Examples
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"Red eye" occurs when the camera flash reflects off the retina, causing pupils to appear bright red.
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I did see a program once where this guy was supposedly a professional photographer, and the photos were totally crap—totally terrible and full of red eye.
Blog text (25) -
When taking a picture in low light, be careful to avoid "red eye" in your subjects' eyes.
Synonyms
A glow in animals' eyes, like cats or dogs, when light shines on them
A small bright reflection in a person's eyes in a photo or painting that makes them look alive
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is directly composed from 'red' (a color) + 'eye' (the organ), so a learner who knows both words will naturally interpret it as an eye that appears red; the photographic cause (flash reflection) is a specific explanation but does not prevent understanding of the basic meaning. This simple adjectival + noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'ojos rojos') and therefore immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Red eye in photos comes from a camera flash lighting the back of the eye, which makes the pupils look bright red in the picture. That's why the red pupils in flash photos are called 'red eye'.