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the surface telling you what something is before your eyes get a vote
means The feel or visual quality of a surface — how rough, smooth, grainy, or layered something is to the touch or the eye.
from From Latin 'textura,' meaning a weaving or web, from 'texere,' to weave — the same thread that runs through 'textile' and even 'text' (a text being words woven together). Originally texture was quite literally the way fibers were interlaced in cloth; over time it loosened from the loom to mean the felt grain of anything at all.
- velvet illusion
- corduroy and velvet trick fingers, not light
- food science
- crunch sells freshness more than taste
- sound texture
- rough surfaces literally sound louder when scraped
- brain trick
- smooth screens feel cheaper than textured ones
- music too
- texture means how many sounds stack at once
stradivarius violin — handcrafted spruce and maple instruments from 1644-1737 cremona with unmatchable tonal texture prized at $15+ million
japanese washi paper — handmade paper from kozo bark fibers with distinct visible texture used in calligraphy since 7th century
champagne bubbles — moët & chandon and veuve clicquot rely on unique yeast sediment texture from secondary fermentation in bottles
carrara marble — italian quarry stone with fine-grained crystalline texture used for michelangelo's david and modern sculptures