contrast
A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
Other meanings
The degree of this difference.
A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Related words
- contrastless
- contrastment
- contrasty
- multicontrast
- postcontrast
- precontrast
- thorotrast
- radiocontrast
- contrast agent
- contrast medium
- by contrast
- contrast radiography
Word history
From Latin "contrāstō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “contrast” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.