silhouette

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

An outline that appears dark against a light background. synonym: outline.

To cause to be seen as a silhouette; outline.

Originally, a portrait in black or some other uniform tint, sometimes varied as to the bailor other parts by lighter lines or a lightening of shade, showing the profile as cast by a candle on a sheet of paper; hence, any opaque portrait, design, or image in profile.

Opaque representation or exhibition in profile; the figure made by the shadow or a shadowy outline of an object; shadow.

To represent or exhibit in silhouette; make or bring out a shaded profile or outline view of: used chiefly or only in the past participle.

A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.

An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.