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unshaded

unshaded

3.5
A picture that has no shadow or shading
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈʃeɪdɪd/
translation icon : sin sombra
  • She preferred the unshaded version of the artwork, finding it more vibrant and clear.

Examples

  • The artist created an unshaded illustration that highlighted the outlines without any shadow.

  • And I'm for bookkeeping purposes, I'm going to color them so that from one parent is, is unshaded and the other one is shaded.

  • In this place unknown to her, a room darkened except where moonlight slyly entered an unshaded window.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • In the bright sunlight, the paper appeared unshaded, showing every detail without any darker areas.

Synonyms

shadeless
vsunshaded
5.4

Having no change in light and dark so it looks flat

lacks areas of shadow in a drawing or picture
unshadowed
vsunshaded
7.1

Not darkened by shadow and fully lit

is shown without shadowed areas in the image
untoned
vsunshaded
7.4

Showing little color or shade

focuses on absence of drawn shadow areas rather than color variation

Antonyms

3.5

Having darker areas drawn to show depth and shape

How Shaded

darkened
3.4
shadowed
3.5
shaded
3.5
unshaded
3.5

Surface Forms

unshaded positive

Morphology

unshaded = shaded (transparent) = un + shade + ed

The meaning is clearly derived from 'shaded' by adding the prefix 'un-' to indicate the absence of shading.

Etymology

Unshaded is made of un- meaning 'not' and shade meaning 'shadow', so it means 'no shadow'. In drawing, an unshaded picture has no dark shadow areas, which makes it look flat, simple, or very clean.