Meanings
comparative more contrasty · superlative most contrasty
- artsHaving great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).
The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.
2004, John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page 251 more example
His inherently less contrasty and detailed paper negative work, toward the end of his life, is at least more ambivalent and not so cold.
1982 February 6, Martin Krieger, “Stark/Erotic”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving sharp differences between black and white
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German kontrastreich
- kontrastreichhaving great contrast
Cite this entry
contrasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrasty
“contrasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrasty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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