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Discover LudwigThe term "negative space" can be used in written English.
It refers to the open or empty areas in a design or image, which help to define and showcase the main subject. Example: The artist skillfully utilized negative space in his painting, allowing the viewer to focus on the main character in the center.
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negative space
noun
The space around and between the subject(s) of an image.
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And so this piece is a negative space".
Draw an object by focusing only on the negative space.
"The space which illegal immigrants occupy is a negative space.
How does casting "the negative space" reveal them?
Eggers has a knack for unusual framing, using negative space to add to the unease.
He felt uncomfortable in the negative space mainstream hip-hop had carved out for itself.
This is a bit of an ars poetica in negative space.
Increase the negative space and the height of the lowercase letters.
A few seem to define negative space, like portholes, while others resemble solid spheres.
And, as critics develop and solidify, they create negative space as well as positive space.
Negative space (the space between forms or around utterances) is key.
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