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high key

High-Key
If we say a painting is "high-key" we mean that most or all of the image is light or pale in value. For example, colours mixed with white, called "pastels" or "tints", are high-key. It's the opposite of "low-key", of course.
"That painting is very high-key!"
by LeonaLejon July 19, 2005
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