anaglyph

American  

[an-uh-glif] / ˈæn ə glɪf /

noun

1. an ornament sculptured or embossed in low relief, as a cameo.

2. Optics. a composite picture printed in two colors that produces a three-dimensional image when viewed through spectacles having lenses of corresponding colors.

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anaglyph British  

/ ˌænəˈɡlɪptɪk, əˈnæɡləfɪ, ˈænəˌɡlɪf, ˈænəˌɡlɪfɪ /

noun

1. photog a stereoscopic picture consisting of two images of the same object, taken from slightly different angles, in two complementary colours, usually red and cyan (green-blue). When viewed through spectacles having one red and one cyan lens, the images merge to produce a stereoscopic sensation

2. anything cut to stand in low relief, such as a cameo

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Other Word Forms

• anaglyphic adjective
• anaglyphical adjective
• anaglyphy noun
• anaglyptic adjective
• anaglyptical adjective

Etymology

Origin of anaglyph

First recorded in 1645–55, anaglyph is from the Greek word anáglyphos wrought in low relief. See ana-, glyph

Example Sentences

There are settings for anaglyph format—that's the kind you watch through two-color glasses—and for basic 3DTV technologies.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2012

"It doesn't bleed colors out the way the old anaglyph glasses did," says Katzenberg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moviegoers will get disposable Polaroid glasses that look like sunglasses, making the 3-D effect far more engaging than it was with the old-fashioned red-cyan anaglyph cardboard glasses of the 1950s and '60s.

From Time Magazine Archive

One almost in the same category is the following, a small anaglyph in Bunhill Fields Burial-ground, London.

From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by Vincent, W.T. (William Thomas)