An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
User Defined Definitions
"a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color"
"project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette"