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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-KEY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-KEY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Key is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-KEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

High key

A high-key image consists primarily of light tones, without dark shadows. A photograph or painting so composed features a diminished tonal range of primarily whites and light grays. High key as a term used in describing paintings or photographs is related to but not the same as high-key lighting in cinema or photography.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-KEY

high-handedness
high-hat
high-hatted
high-hatting
high-heeled
high-heeled shoes
high-impact
high-income
high-interest
high-jump
high-keyed
high-level
high-level language
high-level waste
high-maintenance
high-minded
high-mindedly
high-mindedness
high-muck-a-muck
high-necked

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-KEY

dickey
donkey
escape key
field hockey
hickey
hockey
hokey
ice hockey
jockey
key
low-key
mickey
monkey
off-key
on key
rickey
smokey
turkey
turnkey
whiskey

Synonyms and antonyms of high-key in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-key» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-KEY

Find out the translation of high-key to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-key from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-key» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alto clave
570 millions of speakers

English

high-key
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च कुंजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفتاح العالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокой ключ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alta - chave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ-কি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

high-key
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kunci utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

High-Key-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイキーの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 키
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur-tombol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao -key
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் முக்கிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च-कळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüksek anahtar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alto-chiave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wysoki klucz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високою ключ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mare cheie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλής - κλειδί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë - sleutel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

high -key
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

high- nøkkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-key

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-KEY»

The term «high-key» is regularly used and occupies the 99.699 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-KEY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-key

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-KEY»

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Lighting Techniques for High Key Portrait Photography
This book provides helpful guidelines for selecting the best lighting equipment and light modifiers for efficiently creating high key portraits, as well as detailing techniques needed to select the perfect clothes and props for a high key ...
Norman Phillips, 2002
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Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing and Lighting
High-key Lighting in LLJ Q 13 O O Common pitfalls There are a number of common mistakes that photographers make in high-key lighting set-ups, all of which can be easily rectified once you know what to look for. Fill light Increase the power ...
Mark Cleghorn, 2004
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Exploring Color
High-key colors, the tints and middle tones at the light end of the value scale, are usually pure colors and represent bright illumination. Artwork using highkey color is cheerful and optimistic. Low-key color contrast is at the other extreme, ...
Nita Leland, 1998
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Drawing and Painting People: The Essential Guide
HIGH-KEY COLOR SCHEMES Colors that fall in the lighter half of the value range are referred to as high-key colors. These may give an airy feeling to a picture. High-key paintings can contain a lot of beautiful color variation since darks ...
Jeff Blocksidge, Mary Burzlaff, 2007
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Sculpting with Light: Techniques for Portrait Photographers
High Key or Low Key High Key. High-key portraits typically feature a clean white background and gentle shadows on the subject's face. Diagram 1 5 illustrates the light placement of a typical high-key portrait light setup that includes two ...
Allison Earnest, 2008
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The Best of Photographic Lighting: Techniques and Images for ...
Lighting Ratios and Their Unique Personalities. A 2:1 ratio is the lowest lighting ratio you should employ. It reveals only minimal roundness in the face and is most desirable for high-key effects. High-key portraits are those with low lighting ...
Bill Hurter, 2007
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Drawing Expressive Portraits
HIGH KEY OR LOW KEY? Depending on your model's complexion and hair coloring, and the lighting, your drawing may be "high key" or "low key." When the values are predominantly lighter (on the upper end of the value scale) your drawing ...
Paul Leveille, 2001
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Portrait Photographer's Handbook
FACING PAGE — High key portraits don't have to be all whites. In this image by Fuzzy Duenkel, the ratio between the soft window-light key and the reflector fill is kept very close to a 2:1 ratio. In addition, the exposure was biased slightly toward  ...
Bill Hurter, 2007
9
The Magical Effects of Color
9 White White High values 8 High light YCIIQW High key Lightest colors , Yellow» green, 7 Light Yellow»orange 6 Low light Green, Orange Blug rccn Medium values Middle Omfgfié Medium key g Intermediate colors _ Turquoise, Blue, 4 Hlgh ...
Joen Wolfrom, 1992
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Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
Another nifty black-and-white effect is known as high key. In the real world, you can create a high-key effect by aiming tons of lights at your subject (or, in this case, victim) and shooting a picture. This gives you a high-contrast image ( though not ...
Lesa Snider, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-KEY»

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RIBA Announces 2015 Stirling Prize Shortlist | ArchDaily
A project for all seasons, where art, nature and architecture combine - this could be the eulogy for a building which is neither high-key nor ... «ArchDaily, Jul 15»
2
8 Simple DIY Ideas for Smartphone Photography
COOPH_Richard_Schabetsberger_016. Lock exposure on your phone while pointing the camera at a black surface to shoot high-key photos. «PetaPixel, Jul 15»
3
Best in show: our pick of what's showing in galleries around town
... luridly bright beacon for the space, her flat-screen "digital painting" awash with a looping, lashing, morphing sea of animated high-key colour. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Creating the Photograph: Danny Alexander's “Week 27″
I decided for this shot that I wanted to go in the opposite direction and do a full length portrait with high-key lighting. Because the subject worked ... «The Phoblographer, Jul 15»
5
Beyond the selfie: Smartphone camera tips you need to know
Then use the flash to 'fill in' the shadow on their face, for a high-key fashion look.” You can also play around with exposure settings in a camera ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
6
Watch An Entire Disney Movie In The Blink Of An Eye
... the amount of light photographed; these set-bound, high-key films were photographed to showcase every movement of the dancers' bodies, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Global Graphics launches Harlequin Flexo Screens
The result is that you can achieve smooth gradations even in high-key images.” Harlequin Cross Modulated Flexo (HXMFlexo) works with the ... «Graphic Arts Magazine, Jun 15»
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Ashok Leyland-Nissan JV might disband in a year
The high-key tie up between Ashok Leyland and Nissan for the production of light commercial vehicles might be hitting the rocks on the back of ... «Indian Autos Blog, Jun 15»
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Liverpool's new XI
Moving onto our attacking midfield, and probably our most high-key signing of our transfer business so far: the signing of Roberto Firmino. «The Empire of The Kop - a blog about Liverpool F.C., Jun 15»
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'Hannibal' cinematographer James Hawkinson on the show's …
... off and on, on short form stuff and definitely if you look at my body of work there's a lot of range to what I do in terms of a high-key comedy to a ... «HitFix, Jun 15»

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