Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro noun - A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
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Dark and chiaroscuro are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dark" instead an adjective "Chiaroscuro".
Dark
Dark adjective - Being without light or without much light.
Chiaroscuro and dark are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chiaroscuro" instead an adjective "Dark".
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Generally speaking, a work that combines dark brown or black shadows over much of the image with bright silver and gold (or flesh-tone) highlights is usually described as chiaroscuro.
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Chiaroscuro: Although not a Film Noir, this film has the lighting techniques that are characteristic of those films (dark shadows and contrasts).
Source: Film / The Mad Miss Manton -
Chiaroscuro: Rembrandt made frequent use of scenes where people are shown in contrast between dark and light.
Source: Creator / Rembrandt van Rijn
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