Negative
noun
Subject Field: Photography

Filmstock that turns black where it has been exposed to light; an image whose color values are complementary to those of the subject or whose black and white values are the opposite of those in the subject. Kawin			- Hyponyms - Internegative See Also Positive Interpositive Bibliography Index Home Conceptual tree
Context: Briefly, a film matte is the process by which part of a frame is left unexposed so that it can later be used to record another picture. In this way two components may be used to produce a single picture on one negative. The simplest example is where a black card is positioned in front of the camera so that only half a picture is recorded. Wilkie Attestation: 2 Negativo Reliability: 3