line art

See also: lineärt

English

Line art of a house.

Noun

line art (uncountable)

1. Images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color).
2. (printing, graphic design) Artwork to be reproduced with one solid colour, contrasted with artwork having tone or shading (halftones), or full colour (colour separations).
3. The outlines of a drawing as opposed to color, shading, and texture.

Translations

image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線稿／线稿 (xiàngǎo)

• Finnish: viivapiirros
• Russian: штрихово́й рису́нок m (štrixovój risúnok)

Anagrams

• -traline, Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, latrine, ratline, reliant, retinal, trainel, trenail