sfumato

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian sfumato (“shaded, toned down”) (1909).

Noun

sfumato (usually uncountable, plural sfumatos)

1. In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects.

Translations

painting technique

• Finnish: sfumato
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• sfumatura
• atmospheric perspective

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French

Noun

sfumato m (plural sfumatos)

1. (art) sfumato

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Italian

Verb

1. past participle of sfumare

Adjective

1. shaded
2. hazy
3. disappeared