fade away

Definitions

1. 1

   To lose strength, become weaker

   To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.

   • I was angry at first, but my rage faded away over time.
   • The stars shall fade away.
2. 2

   A painting technique in which young women's clothes fade into the background.

   • Phillips became known for the "fade away, in which the main figures' clothing is the same color as the background, allowing the elements to partially blend.
   • Hirschfeld captured many scenes in line and employed Coles Phillips's "fade away" technique in his painting on the left.
   • In Phillip's "Fade Away" style, he is literally editing out elements (by making them the same flat color as the background), but those elements are still there.

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