Usually means: Primary light source in photography.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. key light: Merriam-Webster
  2. key light: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. key light: Collins English Dictionary
  4. key light: Wiktionary
  5. key light: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. key light: Dictionary.com
  7. Key light: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. key light: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Key Light: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  2. Key Light: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  4. key light: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

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Definitions from Wiktionary (key light)

▸ noun:  (photography, film, television) The most important light, used to highlight the form and dimension of the subject.

Similar:
keylight, home key, stack light, lock key, blue light, keyphrase, light, Command key, highlighter, Charlie bar, more...

Opposite:
fill light, backlight, rim light

Phrases:
Sand Key Light, more...

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Similar:
keylight, home key, stack light, lock key, blue light, keyphrase, light, Command key, highlighter, Charlie bar, more...

Opposite:
fill light, backlight, rim light

Phrases:
Sand Key Light, more...



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