Etymology

Ben Day

Today it means: A printing and photoengraving technique dating from the late 19th century, involving coloured dots or some other simple repeating pattern, spaced or overlapping, to produce more complex mixed colours. Full definition →

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The story

Named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Henry Day Jr.

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