red-figure

[ red-fig-yer ]

adjective

pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.

Origin of red-figure

First recorded in 1890–95

The delusion of the red figure with the knife had passed for a moment, and the king's eyes were closed.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
On the second board the seven beads are arranged in rows of four, corresponding to the number indicated by the red figure.
Montessori Elementary Materials | Maria Montessori
The red figure was making up the trail to the foot-bridge that led to the Indian houses, and both officers fired.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories | Owen Wister
I saw something out of the tail of my eye,—a red figure,—and turned sharply.
The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. Wells
He scanned the thinning crowd on the pond sharply—no little red figure was to be seen.
Chicken Little Jane | Lily Munsell Ritchie

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