Sentences with phrase «against the dark background»

To be sure, Niebuhr set his doctrine of grace against a dark background of original sin.

And they have the same complexion: a sprinkling of white spots against a dark background.

The researchers speculate that the streaks formed when water bubbled up from a subsurface reservoir and ran down the gullies, leaving behind a pale - toned trail of sedimentation that is seen in the Surveyor snapshots as a bright line against a darker background.

A common technique is fluorescence microscopy, where fluorescent molecules («probes») are attached to cell structures and then «lit up» against a dark background.

I love that both the vintage hues and the bright colors really stand out against the dark background.

That nighttime shot let Baldwin's shoulder - length pink hair stand out even more against the dark background.

It displays pale blue ornaments and flowers against a dark background.

The white dots stand out quite nicely against the dark background making them perfect for spring.

Often I'll brush out my pincurl set, add in all my sectioning clips and hairspray everything into place, feeling content I did my best with my limited skills and even more limited patience... And then I'll move to somewhere with different lighting, or go to take a picture against a lightly coloured wall, and realise there's a ton of frizz in my set that I hadn't noticed while styling it against the dark background that's reflected in my getting - ready mirror.

Evenly sliced and diced pieces of watermelon pop against the dark background for a style that lets the good vibes flow from your head to your colorful toe.

The pale yellow stones in the French Kande «Daffodil Mix» necklace really pop against a dark background.

Batman is a dark character against dark backgrounds, here using the shadows as an ally in a way the Nolan movies don't seem to understand.

Pointers on the temperature, speedometer, tachometer and fuel gauges use illuminated tubes, striking against the dark background.

The Kindle Fire comes with a solid set of reading tools that offers very good controls for changing font type and size, line spacing, margins and what Kindle calls color mode — three selections that let you change whether you want dark characters against a light background or light characters against a dark background, and the contrast level.

Yellows and oranges work well as highlighters against dark backgrounds.

Silver The Silver got its name from its coat's unique colouring, a silvery sheen created by a mixture of white hairs against a dark background.

The mite is barely visible to the naked eye and may be seen as a white speck moving against a dark background.

Tucson - based artist Kyle Kulakowski specializes in video game - inspired black velvet paintings, a medium that uses black velvet in place of canvas, allowing vibrant colors to pop out more against the dark background.

The larger sprite makes Samus easier to see, especially against the dark background, but it also makes the screen feel more cramped, and it's hard to get a grasp on what's around you.

Similarly, the light in «Night, Niccone Valley» behaves variously; a woman's face, close in tone to the sky behind it, gives gradual way to her lightened body against a darker background, while the table's cast shadow is strong and clear.

Executed in charcoal, ink and often ballpoint pen, her self portraits and images of her brothers and others are usually set against dark backgrounds, the subject's skin depicted in black hues defined by pattern, texture and mark making.

Emsley's signature style foregrounds his sitters against a dark background, using large canvases, close - ups and his meticulous technique to make his portraits seem more real than life.

In each instance, the tray appears face out against a dark background.

Stepping back, the viewer discovers that this billowing crinoline cloud takes on a sinister, near skull - like appearance against the dark background.

Erect against dark backgrounds, they have the poise of a fashion spread and the scale of a traditional standing portrait.

Influenced by Quattrocento portrait painters such as Roger van den Weyden, Hanzlová has isolated the flowers against dark backgrounds, illuminating and defining their form at different stages of life.

Set against dark backgrounds and located somewhere not of this time, the strongly contoured bodies are depicted in awkward or sexual poses, distorted or kneeling but equally conveying a sense of vulnerability.

The figures in her paintings are mostly black men and women, isolated against dark backgrounds.

For years, using pen and ink, she drew black figures usually set against dark backgrounds, the subject's black - hued skin defined by pattern, texture and mark making.

Jan Brueghel the Elder's Flower Piece in a Blue Vase, painted in 1599, depicts a magnificent array of flowers in full bloom against a dark background.

The paintings look so lovely against the dark background of the wall - it really brings out the colours!

Each work is a dazzling color... that sweeps across the surface, dynamically patterned and fully vibrant against the dark background,» (http://www.paulacoopergallery.com/exhibitions/24 [accessed 17 March 2014]-RRB-.

Her forties were filled more with relics than much to remember as art, in photographs that dwell on Baroque or penile details of a chandelier, a goblet, or a flower against a dark background.

The painting of three lit candles against a dark background has been consigned from the Collection of Camille Oliver - Hoffmann and has an ambitious estimate of $ 4,000,000 to $ 6,000,000.

In Koyama's canvases, the simplest rotating devices of mechanical nature come apart and expand against a dark background.

Began to develop a personal painting style which included imaginary geometric elements set against dark backgrounds in which one can detect the influence of Arp.

Unlike his landscape paintings with endless skies, Winn is shifting his perspective and bringing the viewer eye - to - eye with portraits of individual blooms and luminously lit flowers set against dark backgrounds.

Larger than life Surprise Lilies bathed in magnificent light against dark backgrounds, Lotus Lilies in reflective ponds, and heavily laden branches of Azalea blossoms, are now the focal point of his large scale paintings.

In a side gallery, several charcoal drawings from his X-ray series (1976) depict sheets of tattered white paper apparently taped against a dark background.

The ice, the methane, the storms, the droughts — they're almost daily news, and they come to us against a dark background that involves far more than climate change or even environmental crisis.

That, against this dark background, China — a proud country that has for all its many faults lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty — has emerged as the chief voice of a southern bloc that has consistently refused to accept the choice between developmental justice and climate stabilization.

That, against this dark background, China a proud though undemocratic country that has for all its many faults lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty has emerged as the chief voice of a southern bloc that has consistently refused to accept the choice between developmental justice and climate stabilization.

This illusion, known as the simultaneous contrast illusion, illustrates how your eyes perceive gray to be darker and richer when seen against a lighter background (on the right side), but more washed out when seen against a dark background (on the left side).

Apple says Portrait Lightning uses sophisticated algorithms to calculate how facial features interact with light, using the data to create unique lighting effects like Natural Light, Studio Light (lights up your face), Contour Light (adds dramatic shadows), Stage Light (spotlights your face against a dark background), and Stage Light Mono (Stage Light, but in black and white).

Portrait Lighting effects include Natural Light, Studio Light (lights up your face), Contour Light (adds dramatic shadows), Stage Light (spotlights your face against a dark background), and Stage Light Mono (Stage Light, but in black and white).

The effects can range from subtle — as a way of making sure faces are visible in shadow — to more dramatic — in which subjects look as though they've been spotlit against dark backgrounds.

Text is easier to read as light colours against a dark background, which is why that combination is used in film credits.

White classical furnishings pop against the dark background.

Set spicy shades against a dark background for a dramatic and elegant feel, and mix patterns for a laid - back look.

The brass and wood look great against the dark background.