Relationships Related Term:  shadow n. ~ Photography · The most luminous area of an image. Notes:  In a negative, a highlight is an area of greatest density. Citations: †(ICP Encyclopedia 1984, p. 247 [..]

A light spot, streak or area on a painted surface.

The brightest area of a subject or scene. When used in the plural, "Highlights" refer to the range of significantly brighter areas.

1650s, originally of paintings, "the brightest part of a subject," from high (adj.) + light (n.). The figurative sense of "outstanding feature or characteristic" is from 1855. Hair [..]

1861, from highlight (n.). Hairdressing sense is 1942. Related: Highlighted; highlighting.

The bright- and light-tone areas of a subject or scene. Read articles that include this term

foreground: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" the most [..]

To make an object on a display screen stand out by displaying it in a different mode from other objects. Typical highlighted objects include menu options, command buttons, and selected blocks of text.

To use a broad-tipped pen to mark in light-colored ink a section of text in a book or document, usually for future reference. College textbooks donated to libraries are often heavily highlighted. In a [..]

The lightest tones in an image. A spectral highlight is a bright, reflected light source.

the lightest area in a photograph or illustration.

To shade the space occupied by a word or group of words by holding down the mouse and sweeping across them. This may be done to select words to be deleted (or cut), copied and pasted, or to in some way alter the format (such as by underling, italicizing, or using color).

(n) the most interesting or memorable part(n) an area of lightness in a picture(v) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent(v) apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in [..]

 The lightest areas in a picture or halftone. 

Theoretically a path of light described by the intersection of curved surface and a line or plane becoming tangent to that surface at a constant angle usually 45 degrees.

One of the brightest parts of an image.

The brightest/lightest area within an image. Horizontal Resolution:

The bright- and light-tone areas of a subject or scene. Read articles that include this term

Adjust from your screen the lighting adapted to your product. With one click, the software enables you to check the over- or underexposed areas of your product. To save even more time, store these set [..]

The specific bright area or range of bright areas within a photograph.

The lightest tone in a room.

Highlight refers to the action or process of making an object stand out from the rest of the objects on the display screen. The highlighted objects could be a selected block of text, menu options or c [..]

A contouring technique used to draw subtle attention to a facial feature by using a lighter colour e.g. use a slightly lighter foundation on cheek bones to create width, or lighter eye shadow under th [..]

The lightest areas in a picture or halftone.