Usually means: Resistant to fading from light.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word lightfast:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. lightfast: Merriam-Webster
  2. lightfast: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lightfast: Wiktionary
  4. lightfast: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. lightfast: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. lightfast: Dictionary.com
  7. Lightfast: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lightfast: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Lightfast: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
  3. LIGHTFAST: Glossary of Art Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lightfast)

▸ adjective:  Resistant to fading.

Similar:
fadeproof, anti-fade, fast, colorfast, wetfast, washfast, colour-fast, paintproof, stainproof, laserproof, more...

Opposite:
fugitive, non-permanent, unstable, transient, ephemeral

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Similar:
fadeproof, anti-fade, fast, colorfast, wetfast, washfast, colour-fast, paintproof, stainproof, laserproof, more...

Opposite:
fugitive, non-permanent, unstable, transient, ephemeral



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