Definition of "contrasty" [contrasty]

• Having or producing sharp contrasts between light and dark areas in photography. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""contrasty" at times, if you know what we mean, but overall, it steals the show."
• "The start image is all important to what you will actually get, it needs to be a contrasty 8 bit image."
• "Blu-Ray gives me stunningly sharp, clean and contrasty 1080p images with superb sound."