Phong shading

English

Flat shading (left) versus Phong shading (right)

Etymology

Developed by Bui Tuong Phong.

Noun

Phong shading (uncountable)

1. (computer graphics) A technique for shading three-dimensional surfaces by interpolating surface normals across rasterized polygons and computing pixel colors based on the interpolated normals and a reflection model.

   Synonym: Phong interpolation