chromolithography

chro·mo·li·thog·ra·phy

C0338900 (krō′mə-lĭ-thŏg′rə-fē)n. The art or process of printing color pictures from a series of stone or zinc plates by lithography.

chro′mo·li·thog′ra·pher n.chro′mo·lith′o·graph′ic (-lĭth′ə-grăf′ĭk) adj.

chromolithography

(ˌkrəʊməʊlɪˈθɒɡrəfɪ) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the process of making coloured prints by lithography ˌchromoliˈthographer n chromolithographic adj

chro•mo•li•thog•ra•phy

(ˌkroʊ moʊ lɪˈθɒg rə fi)

n. the process of lithographing in colors from a series of plates or stones. [1830–40] chro`mo•li•thog′ra•pher, n. chro`mo•lith`o•graph′ic (-əˈgræf ɪk) adj.

chromolithography

a printing process by which colored lithographs are produced by a series of stone or zinc plates, each of which carries different portions of the picture to be printed, inked in different colors.See also: Printing

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Noun

chromolithography - single- or multi-color lithographylithography - a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface

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chromolithography

[¦krō·mō·li′thäg·rə·fē] (graphic arts) Lithographic printing with several colors, requiring a stone for each color.

Chromolithography

a method of lithographic reproduction of multicolored images, in which a separate printing image is prepared by hand on a stone or zinc plate for each color; an outline is applied initially on the surface of each stone. Chromolithography has been replaced almost entirely by the photomechanical methods used in planographic printing to produce plates.

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noun single- or multi-color lithography

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