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Mid tones

The tones in a photograph that are approximately half as dark as the shadow area.

Mid tones

Moir patterns

(pronounced "mo-ray") irregular plaid-like patterns that occur when a bit-mapped image is reduced, enlarged, displayed, or printed at a resolution different from the resolution of the original.

Moir patterns
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