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contrast

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The white level of a display screen. The contrast adjusts how bright the white is. See brightness and contrast ratio.
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The jeweller knows that the finest brilliant requires a foil; and the painter, by the contrast of his figures, often acquires great applause.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Round the central figure in the narrative other characters will be found grouped, in sharp contrast -- contrast, for the most part, in which I have endeavored to make the element of humor mainly predominant.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was greatly pained to point out the contrast between the Bigoted Heathens and the law-abiding countrymen of the Holy Missionaries who had wickedly been sent to eternal bliss.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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