shading gradation
31graduation — Synonyms and related words: advance, advancement, aggrandizement, baccalaureate service, boost, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, commencement, convocation, elevation, empty formality, ennoblement, exaltation, exercise, exercises, formal,… …
32grouping — Synonyms and related words: Bund, Rochdale cooperative, age group, alliance, analysis, appraisal, arrangement, assemblage, assessment, association, assortment, atmosphere, axis, balance, band, batch, battalion, bevy, bloc, blood, body, bracket,… …
33line — Synonyms and related words: DMZ, Indian file, L, MO, Spenserian stanza, WATS, WATS line, Zeitgeist, abut, accommodation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, aceldama, acknowledgment, acquiescence, acquire, action, activity, adaptation, adaption,… …
34shaded — adj. sheltered from sunshine; covered with a shade; partly concealed as if by a shadow; darkened, dimmed; colored to represent gradation of shades ʃeɪd n. shadow; area protected from direct sunlight; tint, variation of a color; nuance, touch;… …
35accent — In design, a distinctive feature or quality, such as a feature that accentuates or complements a decorative style. In line drawing, accenting lines is the gradual increase or decrease in the weight or thickness of lines as produced by a pencil …
36blend — In artwork, to merge colors applied to a surface, whether with a brush, crayon, colored pencil, or other medium. This is sometimes called feathering. Also see focus, gradation, sfumato, and shading …
37shade — n 1 Shade, shadow, umbrage, umbra, penumbra, adumbration can mean the comparative darkness caused by something which intercepts rays of light. Shade carries no implication of a darkness that has a particular form or definite limit but the term… …
38nuance — [n] slight difference; shading dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, implication, nicety, refinement, shade, shadow, soupçon, subtlety, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, touch, trace; concept 665 …
39color — [kul′ər] n. [ME & OFr colour < L color < OL colos, orig., a covering < IE base * kel , to conceal, hide > HULL1, HALL] 1. the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths 2. the… …
40shade — or lamp shade [shād] n. [ME schade < OE sceadu (gen. & dat. sceadwe), akin to Goth skadus < IE base * skot , darkness, shadow > Gr skotos, darkness] 1. comparative darkness caused by a more or less opaque object cutting off rays of light …
