Chiaroscuros

noun

1. An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
2. A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
3. The use of blocks of wood of different colors in a woodcut.
4. A photographic technique in which one side of, for example, a face is well lit and the other is in shadow.