English-Dutch translations for contrast

• antithese
• contrast
  schriftelijk. - (PL) India is een land van contrasten. India is a country of contrasts.
  Het contrast was schrijnend en sprak boekdelen. The contrast was harrowing and spoke volumes.
  Wat een contrast tussen hen en hun collega! What a contrast between them and their colleague.
• contrasteren
• tegenbeeld
• tegenstelling
  Maar dat is de grote tegenstelling op deze plaats. But that is the great contrast in this place.
  In tegenstelling tot Birma, moet China worden geprezen. China, in complete contrast with Burma, must be praised.
  De Commissie loopt helaas voortdurend over die tegenstelling heen. Unfortunately, this is a contrast the Commission constantly has to cope with.

Definition of contrast

• A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable
• A difference between two objects, people or concepts
• Antithesis
• To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between

Examples

• The red and the orange dont have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart
• Israel is a country of many contrasts
• Foreground and background strongly contrast.

Related words

• contrastive
• contrasted
• contrasting
• contrastable
• contrastably
• contrasty
• contrast antonym
• contrast medium
• contrast agent