lithochromaticadj.n.
/ˌlɪθəkrəʊˈmatɪk/ A. adj.
Pertaining to lithochromatics; involving or produced by applying oil colours to stone.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > lithography > [adjective] > types of
autographic1827
chromolithic1844
chromolithographic1845
autolithographic1861
lithochromatic1870
oleographic1885
trichromatic1896
1870 Eng. Mech. 7 Jan. 404/3 The influence..of lithography and litho-chromatic printing upon the older arts of engraving..has been such that the processes in..use fifty years ago can scarcely be said to exist.
B. n. plural.
The art or process of applying oil colours to stone and taking impressions therefrom.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > lithography > [noun] > types of
autography1828
chromolithography1839
lithochromatography1843
lithochrysography1845
lithochromatic1846
lithochrome1854
oleography1870
autolithography1874
lithochromy1885
tin printing1887
typo-etching1888
transfer-lithography1897
EUV1995
1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. Lithochromatics, the art of painting in oil upon stone, and taking impressions on canvas.
Derivatives
lithoˈchromic adj. and n. in the same sense.
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1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Lithochromics.
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adj.n.1846