red-figure
or red-fig·ured
[ red-fig-yer ]
/ ˈrɛdˌfɪg yər /
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.
Compare
black-figure.
Origin of red-figure
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby red-figure
red-dog,
red-eye,
red-eye gravy,
red-eyed vireo,
red-faced,
red-figure,
red-flag,
red-handed,
red-headed,
red-headed woodpecker,
red-hot