Contrasting

[Rachel Adams]

Is it a correct use of "contrasting" in my sentence? I mean it's different from other pictures.

"The new picture/painting is contrasting."

 

[teechar]

As an adjective, "contrasting" is normally attributive.

 

[Tarheel]

What is it contrasted with?

 

[Rachel Adams]

What is it contrasted with?

With other pictures.

 

[GoesStation]

With other pictures.

Then you need to say that.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Then you need to say that.

So is the original sentence now correct? "The new picture/painting is contrasting with other ones.''

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

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[Tarheel]

The words match and contrast are similar in how they are used. Something can't match by itself. It has to match something. Similarly, something can't contrast by itself. It has to contrast with something.