Silhouette

Noun

 * 1) An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

Verb

 * 1) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.

Adjectives for Silhouette
dark; sliding; streamline; sleek; shadowy; grim; fitted; meager.

Thesaurus
adumbration, black and white, broad lines, brouillon, cartoon, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chiaroscuro, configuration, contour, crayon, dark shade, delineate, delineation, design, diagram, doodle, draft, drawing, ebauche, echo, esquisse, features, figuration, figure, framework, galbe, gestalt, gloom, graph, head, limn, line, line drawing, lineaments, lineation, lines, main features, mere shadow, miniature, outline, pastel, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing, penumbra, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, profile, reflection, reflex, relief, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, shade, shadiness, shadow, shadows numberless, shapes, silver-print drawing, sinopia, skeleton, sketch, skiagram, skiagraph, study, tournure, tracing, umbra, umbrage, umbrageousness, vignette

Etymology
From silhouette.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 影子
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Silhouette, Schattenriss
 * Hebrew: צלולית


 * Italian:, ,
 * Portuguese: silhueta
 * Russian: силуэт
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: siluett

Noun

 * 1) silhouette

Etymology
Named from Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician.