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03/30/2007 07:29:07 PM · #1
Are they the same?
03/30/2007 07:31:45 PM · #2
sorry....contre
03/30/2007 07:36:24 PM · #3
Dictionary Definition of a Silhouette
1. a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, esp. a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a famous person's face.
2. the outline or general shape of something: the slim silhouette of a skyscraper.
3. a dark image outlined against a lighter background.

A Contre-Jour can contain a Silouhette
A Silhouette is not a necessarily a Contre-jour.

A Silhouette does not have to be created by any form of light. It can be any color and can be a cut out of a material.

The answer is while they can interchange to some degree NO they are not the same.

Message edited by author 2007-03-30 19:37:56.
03/30/2007 07:40:29 PM · #4
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:


A Contre-Jour can contain a Silouhette
A Silhouette is not a necessarily a Contre-jour.

A Silhouette does not have to be created by any form of light. It can be any color and can be a cut out of a material.


Correctomundo
03/30/2007 07:47:55 PM · #5
ok, thank you
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