mātātea
1. (modifier) light part of an image.
Ko te taurite te āhua o tā te ringatoi whakanoho i ngā āhuatanga hoahoa ki roto i tana mahinga toi, pērā i ngā wāhanga mātātea me ngā wāhanga mātāuri o tētahi mahinga toi ataata, o ngā oro mārū me ngā oro tīkā rānei i tētahi toi puoro (RTA 2014:172). / The balance is the way an artist arranges the basic design elements within an artwork, such as the light and dark areas of a piece of visual art, and the low and high pitched sounds of a piece of music (RTA 2014:172).
