contrasty

English

From contrast +‎ -y.

contrasty (comparative more contrasty, superlative most contrasty)

(photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).
- 1982 February 6, Martin Krieger, “Stark/Erotic”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 10:
  His inherently less contrasty and detailed paper negative work, toward the end of his life, is at least more ambivalent and not so cold.
- 2004, John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page 25:
  The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.

having great contrast