an attribute of a two-dimensional figure or a two-dimensional rendering of a three-dimensional object that describes its surface characteristics. For example, the words shiny or speckled describe visual texture, whereas smooth or wavy can also describe tactile texture. …

What is tactile texture?

Tactile texture is the real thing. It is the actual way a surface feels when it is felt or touched, such as rough, smooth, soft, hard, silky, slimy, sticky, etc. 3-D art such as sculpture and architectural structures are tactile because they can be felt. … Visual texture is not actual texture.

What are the types of visual texture?

These can include — but are not limited to — fur, canvas, wood grain, sand, leather, satin, eggshell, matte, or smooth surfaces such as metal or glass. Physical texture differentiates itself from visual texture by having a physical quality that can be felt by touching the surface of the texture.