Chinese word

反差

Pronunciation

Pinyinfǎn chā

Meaning

  • nouncontrast

Example

请把屏幕的反差调低一点。qǐng bǎ píng mù de fǎn chā tiáo dī yì diǎn

Please lower the screen contrast a little.

Illustration for 反差 (contrast)

More examples

这张照片的反差太大，细节看不清楚。zhè zhāng zhào piān de fǎn chā tài dà xì jié kàn bù qīng chǔ

The photo's contrast is too high, making the details hard to see.

Core concept

Two visual qualities pull apart on the same scale, so the distance between them becomes striking.

Common phrases

  • 屏幕的反差píng mù de fǎn chā

    screen contrast

  • 色彩反差sè cǎi fǎn chā

    color contrast

  • 明暗反差míng àn fǎn chā

    tonal contrast

Similar words

对比duì bǐ: The act of setting things side by side to make their differences clear.
落差luò chā: A noticeable difference between two stages or between an expectation and the result.
对比度duì bǐ dù: A measure of how far apart light and dark or different colors appear on a screen or in an image.

Definition in Chinese

事物在性质、强弱或明暗方面的对照和差异，常用于描述视觉上的明暗落差。shì wù zài xìng zhì qiáng ruò huò míng àn fāng miàn de duì zhào hé chā yì cháng yòng yú miáo shù shì jué shàng de míng àn luò chā

Word origin

The compound 反 (fǎn, "opposite") + 差 (chā, "difference") presents contrast as a difference between opposing directions or levels.

Usage tips

  • In casual Chinese, this noun can also describe a striking gap between a person's outward appearance and character, not only a setting in an image.

Opposites

  • 一致性yí zhì xìngconsistencynoun
  • 相似度xiāng sì dùsimilaritynoun

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