anaglyph

n.

1. An ornament carved in low relief.
2. A moving or still picture consisting of two slightly different perspectives of the same subject in contrasting colors that are superimposed on each other, producing a three-dimensional effect when viewed through two correspondingly colored filters.

[From Late Latin anaglyphus, carved in low relief, from Greek anagluphos : ana-, ana- + gluphein, to carve.]

anaglyphic an'a·glyph'ic or an'a·glyp'tic (-glĭp'tĭk) adj.

An embellishment carved or chased in low relief. Also see bas-relief.

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A picture that can be used to create a stereoscopic image. It uses two colours (in practice red and green, or sometimes red and blue) with corresponding colour filters, so that a picture with different colours can be presented to each eye. This method is used for presenting stereoscopic pictures in printed books, instead of using separate pictures that require a stereoscope to present one picture to each eye. See stereoscopic vision.

(Published 1987)

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