Shadow outline filled in with black or other colour: an outline showing against a contrasting background
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
The silhouette of something is the outline that it has, which often helps you to recognize it. the distinctive silhouette of his ears. Outline image or design in a single solid, flat colour, giving the appearance of a shadow cast by a solid figure. The term is usually applied to profile portraits in black against white (or vice versa), either painted or cut from paper, especially popular 1750-1850 as the least expensive method of portraiture. The name derives from Étienne de Silhouette, Louis XV's finance minister, notorious for his frugality and his hobby of making cut-paper shadow portraits. In 17th-century Europe, shadow portraits and scenes were produced by drawing the outline cast by candlelight or lamplight; when paper became widely available, they were often cut out freehand directly from life. Photography rendered silhouettes nearly obsolete, and they became a type of folk art practiced by itinerant artists and caricaturists
An electronic filtering function that can outline an area or object in an image and extract the background
A silhouette is the solid dark shape that you see when someone or something has a bright light or pale background behind them. The dark silhouette of the castle ruins stood out boldly against the fading light