line art

noun

: artwork with line (see line entry 1 sense 7d) as the primary element of design often without shading or color

From doodles to tattoos, Soraya Saghbini's abstract line art fits on a multitude of mediums.

—Jordan Mula

The vibrant color palette enhances the line art, which has a fantastic sense of movement.

—Kirkus Reviews

… line art from antique seed catalogs illustrating corn, tomato, carrot and apple …

—The News & Advance (Lynchburg, Virginia)

—often used before another noun

line art drawings

Examples of line art in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Text and line art are very sharp, standing out on the Paperwhite’s screen like words or drawings from a page. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above