Texture may refer to:

Science and technology

  • Image texture, the spatial arrangement of color or intensities in an image
  • Surface texture, the smoothness, roughness, or bumpiness of the surface of an object
  • Texture (roads), road surface characteristics with waves shorter than road roughness
  • Texture (cosmology), a theoretical topological defect in the structure of spacetime
  • Crystallographic texture, distribution of crystallographic orientations in a polycrystalline material
  • Texture (geology), a physical appearance or character of a rock
  • Texture mapping, a bitmap image applied to a surface in computer graphics
  • Soil texture, a relative proportion of grain sizes of a soil

Arts

  • Texture (visual arts), an element of design and its application in art

Music

  • Texture (music), an overall sound created by the interaction of aspects of a piece of music
  • Textures (album), a 1989 album by Brian Eno
  • Textures (band), a metal band from the Netherlands, who formed in 2001 in Tilburg

Other uses

  • Texture (app), a digital app giving access to magazines
  • Food texture or mouthfeel

See also