[[Darkness]] caused by an object blocking [[light]]. 

If there is [b]no shading[/b] at all, consider tagging with [[flat color]] [tn] (example post #6515043) [/tn].

h4. Direction
* !post #7408603: [[Sidelighting]]
* !post #6813032: [[Backlighting]]
* !post #7729975: [[Underlighting]] 

h4. Types (by most popular)

* !post #7544544: [[Shade]]
* !post #857347: [[Dappled Sunlight]]
* !post #2707836: [[Drop Shadow]] 
* !post #4424489: [[Tree Shade]] 
* !post #231239: [[Window Shadow]]
* !post #6114910: [[Colored Shadow]] 
* !post #5527065: [[Refraction]] 
* !post #4150718: [[Caustics]]  | [tn] (underwater refraction)[/tn]
* !post #7164033: [[Vignetting]] 
* !post #2503122: [[Chiaroscuro]] 

* [[penis shadow]]  [tn]| (post #3771917)[/tn] 

h4. Shading Techniques 
* !post #6779888: [[Halftone texture]] 
* !post #6273533: [[hatching_(texture)]]
* !post #2199940: [[Linear Hatching]] 
* !post #7149716: [[Woven Hatching]]
* !post #6361083: [[Crosshatching]] 
* !post #7643356: [[Painterly]] 

h4. Rare tags (1k< posts)

* !post #824295: [[Different Shadow]]
* !post #7663133: [[Eyes in shadow]] 
* !post #4458344: [[Crack of light]] 
* !post #7092657: [[Ominous shadow]] 
* !post #7437038: [[Face in shadow]] 
* !post #7340005: [[Shadow puppet]] 
* !post #7462458: [[Cel shading]] / [[Anime_coloring]]

h4. See also
* !post #4610019: [[Shaded face]] 
* !post #4992054: [[Shading eyes]] 
* !post #4401: [[Silhouette]] 

* [[Light]]
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