shading has definitions from the field of color
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[ noun ] (color) graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting

Used in print

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

At_the_same_time , the wallpaper strips themselves seem to be pushed into depth by the lines and patches of shading charcoaled upon them , and by their placing in_relation_to the block_capitals ; and these capitals seem in_turn to be pushed_back by their placing , and by contrast with the corporeality of the woodgraining .

Related terms

marking hatch shade

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[ noun ] a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

Synonyms

blending

Used in print

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

In_spite_of the shading of one type of course into another , I believe it is useful to talk_about vocational courses as apart from academic courses .

Related terms

gradation

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