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shading
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shad·ing  (shdng)
n.
1. A screening against light or heat.
2. The lines or other marks used to fill in outlines of a sketch, engraving, or painting to represent gradations of color or darkness.
3. A small variation, gradation, or difference.

shading [ˈʃeɪdɪŋ]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the graded areas of tone, lines, dots, etc., indicating light and dark in a painting or drawing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or paintingshading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
marking - a pattern of marks
crosshatch, hachure, hatch, hatching - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
2.shading - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
gradation, graduation - the act of arranging in grades
Translations
shading [ˈʃeɪdɪŋ] N
1. [of colour] → sombreado m
2. (fig) [of meaning] → matiz m
shading [ˈʃeɪdɪŋ] n
(= area coloured darker) → ombres fpl
(= material providing shade) → filets mpl d'ombrage
shading
n (= shaded area)Schraffierung f, → Schraffur f; (Art) → Schattierung f
shading [ˈʃeɪdɪŋ] n
a. (in drawing, painting) → ombreggiatura
b. (gradation) → sfumatura


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