matte adj : not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matted]

1 a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted

2 the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt] v : change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, mat]

English

Pronunciation

• US: /mæt/

Noun

1. art photography A decorative border around a picture

   The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).

2. In the context of "cinema": A background, often painted or created with computers

   Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is either too impractical, too costly or simply too impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.''

3. In the context of "pyrometallurgy": The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals

Adjective

1. dull, not reflective of light

   Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

matte p

Noun

matte

1. Plural of matta

Japanese

Romaji

matte (まって)

1. 待って: Te-form of 待つ, to wait
2. 舞って: Te-form of 舞う, to dance

Norwegian

Noun

1. Rug, mat
2. Short form of "matematikk", mathematics

Verb

1. Make something dull, matte
2. To deliver a checkmate

Swedish

Noun

matte

1. female owner of a pet, originally short form of matmor
2. maths, short form of matematik

Matte may refer to:

In film:

• Matte (filmmaking), film and video technology
• Matte painting, a process of creating sets used in film and video
• Matte box, a camera accessory for controlling lens glare
• Open matte, a filming technique that involves matting out the top and bottom of the film frame in the movie projector

In other fields:

• In American English, of a surface: having a non-glossy finish. See Gloss (material appearance)
• Matte (metallurgy), a term for the liquid generated by smelting non-ferrous metals, such as copper
• A neighborhood in Berne, Switzerland
• Matte Kudasai, single by the band King Crimson

People

• Matte Babel (born 1980), MuchMusic VJ (video jockey) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Tom Matte (born 1939), American football player, quarterback in college and (mostly) running back in the NFL (1960s-1970s)
• Matte family, a powerful Chilean family

See also

• Mat
• Mate
• Matt
• Matthew

Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, blowup, blueprint, contact printing, cyanotype, enlargement, glossy, hologram, lantern slide, microcopy, microprint, photocopy, photogravure, photostatic copy, positive, print, projection printing, semi-matte, slide, transparency