ADJ

attractive, beautiful, lovely, striking, stunning, wonderful
blurred
black and white, colour
posed

VERB + PICTURE

draw, paint
colour in
The book has simple stories and pictures to colour in
frame, hang, mount
display, exhibit, show
pose for, sit for
get, snap, take
I got some good pictures of the procession
touch up

PICTURE + VERB

depict sth, show sth
hang

PICTURE + NOUN

frame
book, postcard
gallery
hook, rail
editor

PREP

in a/the ~
I can't see you in the picture. The story is told in pictures
~ of
It's a picture of a country village

ADJ

vivid
The book gives a vivid picture of life in Victorian England
clear
complete, comprehensive, full, general, overall, total, whole
The programme was interesting but it didn't give the full picture
incomplete
broad
My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture
composite
Through interviews and old photos we put together a composite picture of life in the village a hundred years ago
accurate, balanced, realistic, representative, true
false, misleading, one-sided, over-simplified, unbalanced
idealized, optimistic, rosy
bleak, depressing, dismal, gloomy, grim, negative
The report paints a dismal picture of the government's economic record
confused, distorted
detailed
complex, complicated
disturbing
mental
I tried to form a mental picture of the building being described
historical

VERB + PICTURE

build (up), construct, create, develop, establish, form, gain, get, obtain, put together
They're trying to build up a detailed picture of the incident
give, paint, present, project, reveal
The figures reveal a disturbing picture of the state of our schools
complete
conjure up
The smell of the sea conjures up pictures of children playing on the beach

PICTURE + VERB

emerge
What emerges is a complex picture of family rivalry