Spelling · nature scenes
How do you spell chiaroscuro?
Chiaroscuro is spelled C-H-I-A-R-O-S-C-U-R-O. It ends in -o, not -a; the a in the middle belongs to chiaro.
Letter by letter
C-H-I-A-R-O-S-C-U-R-O
Spelling note
One word, from the Italian for light-dark. The sc in the middle is pronounced sk.
What it means for nature scenes
Chiaroscuro is strong contrast between light and dark used to model form. In landscape work it describes a scene where a shaft of light isolates one element.
Common misspellings
chiaroscura→ chiaroscurochiarascuro→ chiaroscurochiaroscuro lighting→ chiaroscurochiroscuro→ chiaroscuro