color-key

[kuhl-er-kee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

color-keyed, color-keying

color-code.

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Then, if the shade has been pretty even, and your canvas has had a fair light, you will get a fairly good color-key.

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It was a scene of infinite calm, low in color-key, peaceful in composition, the curve of purple and lavender beach unbroken, the crest of dark palms unmoved, "like a Turk verse along a scimitar."

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colorize colorless

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