shading

[ shey-ding ]
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noun
  1. a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.

  2. the act of a person or thing that shades.

  1. the representation of the different values of color or light and dark in a painting or drawing.

Origin of shading

1
First recorded in 1605–15; shade + -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for shading

shading

/ (ˈʃeɪdɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the graded areas of tone, lines, dots, etc, indicating light and dark in a painting or drawing

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