CONTRAST (KON trast)
1. To set in opposition in order to show or emphasize difference
2. A striking dissimilarity between things being compared
3. The use of opposing elements such as colors, forms or lines in proximity to produce an intensified effect
Contrast clarifies and heightens an effect. To make a white paper brighter, place a black mark upon it. Punctuate the silence with a scream, the night with a candle, and muted tones with a spot of intense color. Contrast is used to draw attention to an area, or to provide stability or clarity to a composition.
Contrast can exist in many realms at once. A thick, jagged, curved black line contrasts with a thin, smooth, straight red line.
We locate and define ourselves through contrast. Our first lessons as newborns are to distinguish this from that, here from there and me from not-me. We would be lost without contrasts, snow-blind in a universe barren of distinctions.
Find a picture online that shows an example of contrast. Post a link to the image and explain how that image displays contrast.
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