Farbtemperatur
colour temperature (warm vs cool)
noun FARB-tem-pe-rah-toor Rare
Usage Note
Farbtemperatur describes whether a colour appears visually 'warm' (reds, yellows) or 'cool' (blues, greens). Painters use Farbtemperatur to create spatial recession — cool colours recede, warm ones advance. Feminine noun.
Examples
"Die hohe Farbtemperatur der warmen Töne im Vordergrund verstärkt den räumlichen Effekt."
Natural Translation
The high colour temperature of the warm tones in the foreground reinforces the spatial effect.
Literal Translation
The high colour-temperature of the warm tones in the foreground strengthens the spatial effect.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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