Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A screening against light or heat.
- noun The lines or other marks used to fill in outlines of a sketch, engraving, or painting to represent gradations of color or darkness.
- noun A small variation, gradation, or difference.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of making a shade; interception of light; obscuration.
- noun That which represents the effect of light and shade in a drawing; the filling up of an outline.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act or process of making a shade.
- noun That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
shade .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
- noun a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
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Examples
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I say, and Brianna stills, the sneer on her face slipping, her expression shading into something different, something fearful and lost.
The Unwritten Rule Elizabeth Scott 2010
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I say, and Brianna stills, the sneer on her face slipping, her expression shading into something different, something fearful and lost.
The Unwritten Rule Elizabeth Scott 2010
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Double bad, since the shading is all over the place.
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The shading is done by pen work instead of screentones.
I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading 2010
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Willow: There are several women who might be Asian (based on their eyes and slight skin shading), and one image of a black male hero.
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Also, specifically in panel three, the shading is confusing.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Prospective Colorist #1: Emily 2009
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This pattern of counter shading is used by the military for aircrafts operating low over the ocean.
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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This pattern of counter shading is used by the military for aircrafts operating low over the ocean.
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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It pays more attention to actual lighting sources, the depth and shading is good, and I love the night sky behind her (it works * so* well with the next page, too!).
Wow. debela 2006
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And Grauniad was voted reader's favourite blogging term shading out astro-turfer.
Game Over? Praguetory 2007
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