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high light, ˈhigh-light
[high a. 10, light n. 12.]
1. a. In painting, photography, and cinematography, any of the brightest parts of a subject or a representation of it; often pl. Also attrib.
1658,1859[see light n. 12]. 1892A. Brothers Photogr. 335 In a portrait, if well lighted, there should be parts which are brighter than the rest of the face—on the forehead and nose, for instance; they are called high lights. 1903A. Watkins Photogr. (ed. 2) 64 The tone D is called the ‘high light’, for although it is the blackest in the negative it represents white in the original. Ibid. 77 It may happen that there is no white part or high light in the subject you are developing. 1913J. A. Sinclair Handbk. Photogr. (ed. 2) 226 To clear up high⁓lights or remove pressure marks from thick bromide papers. 1930Sel. Gloss. Motion Pict. Techn. (Acad. Motion Pict., Hollywood), High light, object, scene, or picture having low color saturation, that is, containing a large proportion of white. 1931Selden & Sellman Stage Scenery 158 In order to give interest to high lights and shadows. 1937Bell Telephone Q. Apr. 110 The painter contributes highlight in the sense of accent. 1951G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-Making (ed. 2) ii. 20 The high-light meter reads the intensity of the light falling upon the subject, instead of the light reflected from it. 1957R. W. G. Hunt Reprod. of Colour vii. 73 A highlight mask is made by contact printing the transparency onto a very high contrast black and white negative material. 1968Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 13 Highlight stop, a lens aperture used in half-tone photography which has a specific influence on the formation of highlight tones. Ibid. 17 Highlight mask, a mask used to retain or increase highlight contrast in the reproduction.
transf.1929K. H. Brown Father vi. 61 There were artless scarlet highlights cut from portions of the little boys' outgrown woolen underwear.
b. A bright tint in the hair; that portion of the hair that reflects the most light. Also attrib.
1941Hairdressers' Weekly Jrnl. 1 Feb. 155/2 One can bring out high-lights on every shade of hair by the appropriate use of toning rinses. 1966Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 79/2 High-light cap, a plastic head cap with holes in it used for drawing a strand or strands of hair through to bleach without bleaching the other hair.
2. fig. A ‘bright’, prominent, or outstanding feature or characteristic. Chiefly pl. Phr. to hit the high lights, = to hit the high spots (s.v. high a. 21).
1855Knickerbocker XLVI. 40 If we have chosen to speak of the shadows in the fair portrait, we have also neglected to point out the high lights. 1905A. Adams Outlet 275 It was the recognized cattle centre of Montana.., but devoid of the high-lights which were a feature of the trail towns. 1922A. Waugh Public School Life i. 16 It would be filled with high lights, with breathless escapades, with impossible heroics. 1923Weekly Dispatch 21 Jan. 11 There is no ‘hitting the high lights’ when he is not in training. 1927Hutchinson's Myst. Story Mag. Feb. 117 One by one, Dan and I met all the high lights of the town. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Jan. 34/2 It is not readable in the sense that some modern biographies are readable; it has no ‘high lights’. 1931Morning Post 21 Aug. 11/7 These were the highlights of to-day's practice over the course. 1961Baughman & Robinson Secret Service Chief (1963) ii. 23 Flipping the years like pages I see many interesting and instructive highlights—and some funny ones too. 1969Times 10 Feb. 6/5 The highlight of the lunch will be a speech..on the vital relationship between the industrial leader and his executive secretary. Ibid. 19 Feb. 17/2 Highlights from one of tonight's top soccer matches. |