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noun

highlighting

an area of lightness in a picture

In a sentence

Six example sentences with highlighting, each labelled with its topic.

  • The highlighting on the snowfield went pure white, and no amount of editing brought the ridge texture back.

    Photography

  • A thin stroke of lead white supplies the highlighting along the jug's rim, which is what makes it look wet.

    Art

  • The colorist pulled the highlighting off the actor's forehead so the candle became the brightest thing in frame.

    Movies

  • The engine's new highlighting on wet cobblestones makes the night streets glow, though it costs a few frames per second.

    Gaming

  • The rendering's highlighting along the glass facade sells the design, though the real building will rarely catch such light.

    Architecture

  • The editing app lets you brush highlighting onto a dull sky at ten percent opacity until the clouds regain shape.

    Technology

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