process color

noun

A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors.

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Meanings

nounprocess color (plural process colors)

plural process colors · alternative Commonwealth process colour

  1. mediaA printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors.

    Synonyms: CMYK, four color, full process, full color

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors.

Similar
CMYKfour colorfull processfull color
Also see
four colorfull colorfull process

Origin

Short for four color printing process.

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Chicago

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