Usually means: Artistic technique contrasting light, shadow.
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  1. clair-obscure: Merriam-Webster
  2. clair-obscure, clair-obscure: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. clair-obscure: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. clair-obscure: Dictionary.com
  7. Clair-obscure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. clair-obscure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. clair-obscure: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of clare-obscure [(art, archaic) A chiaroscuro.]

Similar:
éclaircissement, crepuscle, unconspicuousness, crystalline humor, uncertitude, skiagraphy, archimagus, occularium, lightsource, Christ-cross-row, more...

Opposite:
chiaroscuro, high key lighting, bright lighting

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Similar:
éclaircissement, crepuscle, unconspicuousness, crystalline humor, uncertitude, skiagraphy, archimagus, occularium, lightsource, Christ-cross-row, more...

Opposite:
chiaroscuro, high key lighting, bright lighting



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