matte

Example Sentences

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In one project, the couple saved several hundred dollars by spray-painting existing light fixtures matte black rather than replacing them.

From The Wall Street Journal

The three collaborated on the matte black, three-story binoculars, clad in black rubberized paint.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ll load a basket with waxy yellow potatoes still matte with soil, dark cherry preserves, that last jar of golden pickled beets.

From Salon

Lay’s is redoing the bags too, ditching the crinkly sheen for a heavier, matte finish emblazoned with pictures of potatoes and chips.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thanks to a melange of practical effects, matte paintings, miniatures, models and costly, groundbreaking special effects, Donner achieved a superhero movie that looks unlike anything made in the decades since.

From Salon