Phillips became known for the "fade away, in which the main figures' clothing is the same color as the background, allowing the elements to partially blend.

Hirschfeld captured many scenes in line and employed Coles Phillips's "fade away" technique in his painting on the left.

In Phillip's "Fade Away" style, he is literally editing out elements (by making them the same flat color as the background), but those elements are still there.

I was angry at first, but my rage faded away over time.

The sun is fading away
That's the end of the day

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