shading

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shading - 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 blending 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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shading [ˈʃeɪdɪŋ] n

a. (in drawing, painting) → ombreggiatura

b. (gradation) → sfumatura