sfumato

From Italian sfumato (“shaded, toned down”).

sfumato (usually uncountable, plural sfumatos)

1. In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects. [from 1909]

• sfumatura
• atmospheric perspective

sfumato m (plural sfumatos)

1. (art) sfumato

• “sfumato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /sfuˈma.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: sfu‧mà‧to

sfumato (feminine sfumata, masculine plural sfumati, feminine plural sfumate)

1. past participle of sfumare

sfumato (feminine sfumata, masculine plural sfumati, feminine plural sfumate)

1. shaded
2. hazy
3. disappeared

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sfumato.

sfumato n (uncountable)

1. sfumato