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contrast

contrast Contrast is the placing together of differing, especially opposite, qualities or amounts so that the features of one or both stand out more clearly.

Contrast is the placing together of differing, especially opposite, qualities or amounts so that the features of one or both stand out more clearly. In historical psychological and aesthetic usage, the term was applied broadly across the arts, such as differences in form, light and colour, sound, tempo, and character.