en dégradé
English translation: gradient
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| 10:42 Oct 12, 2011 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Colours | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 22:17 | ||||||
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5 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1two shades of the same colour Explanation: A "dégradé" of a colour is that colour in different shades from pale to dark. |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1gradient Explanation: You'll need to rephrase slightly to fit this in, but I feel confident this is the term to use — cf. for example the terminology used in Adobe Photoshop. 'a gradient between two colours' — where they mix in the middle, you (may) get an ugly (grey) mess! |
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10 mins confidence:
layered Explanation: Seems to be using "dégradé" in the hairdressing sense (!) Layered, as opposed to woven in your previous question. Obviously, context is needed. |
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52 mins confidence:
in shaded tones Explanation: like painted in shaded tones = peint en dégradé I agree more context would be helpful though. |
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2 hrs confidence:
colours graduated one into the other / colours in graduated tints Explanation: http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-627532.h... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-10-12 13:14:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In reference to the second of my suggestions, one would need to say 'colours brought into juxtaposition (or mixed) in graduated tints'. |
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3 hrs confidence:
fade/fading into each other Explanation: Have a look at some of the captions on these images (especially the blue-green one on the right). Not sure if this is exactly right for your context; just a suggestion, http://www.google.ca/search?hl=fr&cp=27&gs_id=5w&xhr=t&q=col... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2011-10-12 13:50:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=colors fade into each other&um... |
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3 hrs confidence:
colour gradation Explanation: This term is all the time in the fashion industry and the meaning is explained in the reference below. Reference: http://tinyurl.com/6awxqdx |
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