juxtaposition of dissimilar elements, e.g. colour, tone, or emotion, in a work of art
degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a painting, photograph, television picture, etc
comparison of similar objects to set off their dissimilar qualities
a person or thing against which another may be contrasted
He's such a contrast to his father
contrastive /kənʹtrahstiv/ adj
contrastively /kənʹtrahstivli/ adv