Negative

Negative may refer to:

Science and mathematics

Negative (photography), an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image
Original camera negative, the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image
Paper negative, a negative image printed on paper used to create the final print of a photograph

A negative answer, commonly expressed with the word no
A type of grammatical construction; see affirmative and negative
A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence.

Photo negative casting, a casting technique in acting by reversing the skin colours of actor and character.
Negative sign, the passive or feminine signs of the zodiac in astrology
Negative space, in art, the space around or between elements of the subject
Negative (policy debate) (NEG), the team which negates the resolution in policy debate
Negative feedback, a feedback loop that responds in the opposite direction to a perturbation
Negative repetition, the performance of the eccentric phase of weight lifting
Negative liberty is freedom from interference by other people
Negative, several distinct concepts within the game of contract bridge, including:
- Double negative, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#doublenegative
- Herbert negative, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#herbertnegative
- Negative double
- Negative free bid
- Negative inference, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#negativeinference
- Negative response, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#negativeresponse