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SETTING—Background or surrounding.
SHADE—A mixture of pure color and black.
SHADING —Lines, values, or color applied to create form, shadow, or
pattern.
SHADING MEDIUMS—Preprinted tones and patterns used to enhance the
appearance of copy and artwork.
SHADING SHEETS—Sheets of cellophane or acetate preprinted with tones
and patterns with a low-tack adhesive for applying to artwork.
SHAPE—The flat silhouette or two-dimensional form of an object.
SHELF LIFE—The length of time before sensitized material deteriorates.
SHIP'S CURVES—Instruments for drawing elongated, irregular curves that
closely approximate the curves found in shipbuilding.
SHUTTER SPEED—A method of controlling the length of time that light
can reach a film.
SIGHT LINE—An imaginary line extending from the eyes of a figure in a
drawing to an object indicating that person’s direction of glance.
SINGLE-ACTION AIRBRUSH—A device that releases both air and
pigment by pressing down on a button.
SIGNATURE—A sheet of paper printed on both sides and folded to make up
part of a publication.
SILHOUETTE—An outline of an object or figure filled in solidly without
indication of modeling or surface structure.
SILKSCREEN —A method of printing through a stencil fixed to a screen of
natural or synthetic fiber or metal mesh.
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