SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST


Meaning of SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST in English

noun

: the tendency of a color to induce its opposite in hue, value and intensity upon an adjacent color and be mutually affected in return

by the law of simultaneous contrast a light, dull red will make an adjacent dark, bright yellow seem darker, brighter and greener; in turn, the former will appear lighter, duller and bluer

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