A silhouette is when a picture has no color in the main point of the picter. Sillowets have been around since the mid-18th century but the term “silhouette” was used until the early 19th century. Silhouette images can be made in any artistic media, but cutting portraits from black card is the oldest.

The term "silhouette" has been used to describe the picture of a person, object or scene that is backlit, or appears dark against a lighter background. The word has also been used to describe fashion and fitness to describe the shape of a person's body or the shape created by wearing close from a certain style or period of time.




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