high-keyed

American  

[hahy-keed] / ˈhaɪˈkid /

adjective

1. very nervous or excitable; high-strung.

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high-keyed British  

adjective

1. having a high pitch; shrill

2. highly strung

3. bright in colour

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Example Sentences

Much as he loves bright hues, his color is sometimes most affecting when least high-keyed — as in “Vincent and Tony,” a gorgeous study in browns and blues.

From Washington Post

Inspired in part by the way rippling water scattered colored light, such Impressionist painters as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir had broken images into visibly discrete brushstrokes of high-keyed color.

From Washington Post

Those high-keyed colors bring out similar hues in the model’s hair and the light reflecting off her skin, reinforcing the unity of the picture, the intimacy of the scene.

From Washington Post

From one work to the next, light intensifies and fades; hatch marks become handprints; the kindergarten clarity of primary colors yields to the mixed sensuality of high-keyed purples, oranges and greens.

From New York Times

Grayson has a preference for art of instantaneous appeal, whether in terms of startling subject matter, high-keyed color or dazzling, inventive, sometimes digital techniques — or all of the above.

From New York Times