backlights

Screen glow source

Backlights is the plural of backlight—a light positioned behind a subject or screen.

In photography and film, backlights create silhouettes or rim lighting: The backlights gave her hair a golden halo.

In electronics, backlights illuminate LCD screens from behind, making displays visible: The backlights on older monitors tend to dim over time.

display

LCD

Lowest shared fraction bottom

panel · LED · brightness · dimmer · uniformity · bleed · bleeding · clouding · zones · OLED

photography

silhouette

Filled-in outline shape

  • haloLuminous ring overhead
  • exposureState of being unprotected
  • contrastNotable difference between things

sunlight · flare · subject · outline · translucence · separation · highlights · shadow · depth · drama

automotive

taillights

Vehicle's backward-facing illumination

  • LEDSemiconductor that glows
  • halogenSalt-producing element group
  • xenonElement fifty-four, noble gas

headlights · foglights · reverse · indicator · dashboard · lightbar · diffuser · lens · housing · wiring

stage

theatrical

Exaggeratedly emotional for effect

cyclorama · silhouette · dramatic · gobo · gel · rigging · dimmer · footlights · backdrop · upstage

Categories
Opposites
lighting direction/position

backlightskey lights

Primary studio light source

headlights · spotlights · ambient lights · ambient lighting

display illumination method

backlightse-ink

Low-power reflective display

OLED

lighting layer in displays

backlightsfront glass

Vehicle's forward window

Family

backlight, backlighting, backlighted

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G