SFUMATO


Meaning of SFUMATO in English

[ sfʊ'mα:təʊ ]

■ noun Art the technique of allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into one another.

Origin

C19: Ital., lit. 'shaded off', past participle of sfumare .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.