Silhouette
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Silhouette
| Origin: | French |
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| Japanese: | シルエット |
| Appears In: | Ys IX |
Origin
A silhouette is a visual representation using a solid shape of one color, usually black. This form of representation using profiles cut from card stock were the cheapest way to represent a person's image before the advent of practical photography. The name became associated with the artistic technique due to French politician Étienne de Silhouette, who was infamous for his austere economic policies and from there, the idea of doing things cheaply. His name comes from the Basque word Zulo ('Hole') via gallicization.
Appearances
- Silhouette is the maid and assistant to Basrhin