Sunday, August 30, 2009

Tint

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tint Various tones, ranging from light to dark of a solid color. A “20 percent” or “70 percent” tint
indicates intensity of the color.
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duo-tone

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duo-tone and tri-tone Also uses dots as in a half-tone but uses two to three colors instead of one.

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Half-tone

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half-tone The use of dots of one color with varied tonal values to build a photographic image that looks like continuous tone.
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CMYK or four-color process

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CMYK or four-color process Technique used in offset printing that creates the full-color spectrum using primary colors—cyan (blue), magenta, and yellow plus black. Tiny dots of these colors are placed side by side, fooling the eye into seeing mixed color.