The phrase "conspicuous against" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that stands out clearly in contrast to its background or surroundings.
Example: "The bright red sign was conspicuous against the dull gray wall."
Alternatives: "prominent against" or "noticeable against".
They stood out, conspicuous against the heterogeneousness of the world, by their shining, gleaming quality, their silveriness, their smoothness and weight.
But these exceptions are conspicuous against a bland, indifferent background of conformity, standing out as starkly as those isolated objects on white fields.
Were Joey Barton called Hamish MacTavish and a summer arrival from Montrose, he would not have been less conspicuous against Celtic.
"Many of my childhood memories are of metals," Sacks writes: They stood out, conspicuous against the heterogeneousness of the world, by their shining, gleaming quality, their silveriness, their smoothness and weight.
The absence of that persuasive explanation is even more conspicuous against the desert-brown and olive-green backdrop of American military machines and uniformed forces pouring into the area.
Impact of those catastrophic factors on the environmental evolution was conspicuous against the background of long-term climatic changes, often concealing influence of the latter or reversing temporarily the direction of natural development.
It's only treasonable offence is for conspicuous crimes against theatre.
The airplane pilot, Steven M. Altman, 60, could have spotted the helicopter, which even had blades designed to make it more conspicuous, but against the skyline it would have seemed like a small, stationary object and nearly invisible until the last few seconds, the board's experts said.
In another case, an artist once imprisoned in Syria said that since arriving in Jordan in March, he had been interrogated four times by intelligence agents who warned that he would be sent back to Syria if he engaged in conspicuous activism against the Syrian government.
In contrast, males have been selected for green plumage, which makes them less conspicuous to predators against the leaves in the tree canopy yet more visible against tree trunks, where they compete for female mates.
Some say the reasons range from a backlash against conspicuous consumption to a reaction to last year's terrorist attacks. 1 Boeing Pact Approved A strike vote by the Boeing Company's largest union failed, meaning the company's latest offer to employees was automatically approved.
