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FULL-COLOUR PRINTING [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

Printing in several colour inks.

OBS

The term "multicolour printing" is used when referring to the reproduction of a relatively limited number of colours, whereas "full-colour printing" is the preferred term to designate printing in a wide gamut of colours.

Key term(s)
  • multicolor printing
  • full-color printing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Procédé d'impression utilisant le voisinage ou la superposition de plusieurs couleurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Distintos procesos de impresión
  • Tintas y colores (Artes gráficas)
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Record 2 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

Complex attribute of visual sensation by which a body seems to approach white due to high lightness, high diffusion and minimum perceivable hue.

CONT

Whiteness of paper counts in many cases but especially in full-colour printing. The whiter the paper, the better the quality of reproduction, other conditions assumed equal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers
DEF

Attribut complexe de la sensation visuelle par lequel un papier semble s'approcher du blanc par suite d'une forte clarté, d'une diffusion élevée et d'un minimum de perception de teinte.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

In colour-separation photography, one of four separation negatives identified not by the filter colour but by the ink colour with which the image carrier made from this negative will be printed.

OBS

There is also a yellow-printer and a magenta-printer. The blue filter negative is the yellow-printer in full-colour printing, the green filter negative is the magenta-printer, and the red filter negative is the cyan-printer.

Key term(s)
  • cyan printer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Un des quatre négatifs produits lors de la sélection des couleurs. Ainsi nommé en raison de la couleur de l'encre plutôt que de la couleur du filtre.

Spanish

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