tower was a silhouette

[alpacinou]

Are these good?

1. The tower in the western part of the city was a orange silhouette against the setting rays of sun.

2. With the setting sun behind it, the tower in the western part of the city was a black silhouette against the reddish orange sky.

 

[Tarheel]

They're OK. The second one is, I think, more interesting.

 

[alpacinou]

So, can I say a silhouette has a color other than black?

Orange silhouette
Pinkish silhouette
Reddish silhouette

 

[Tarheel]

I suppose. Admittedly, it's not a word I see every day.

 

[alpacinou]

I suppose. Admittedly, it's not a word I see every day.

Do you mean silhouette?

 

[tedmc]

I don't think so. A silhouette is an outline of an object in darkness against a background of light, e.g. the sky during sunrise or sunset. There is probably a tinge of diffused light within the darkness.

 

[Tarheel]

Do you mean silhouette?

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

an orange silhouette

emsr2d2

 

[Tarheel]

Here in the South they say a orange.