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chromolithography

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chro·mo·li·thog·ra·phy  (krm-l-thgr-f)
n.
The art or process of printing color pictures from a series of stone or zinc plates by lithography.
chromo·li·thogra·pher n.
chromo·litho·graphic (-lth-grfk) adj.
chromolithography [ˌkrəʊməʊlɪˈθɒgrəfɪ]
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the process of making coloured prints by lithography
chromolithographer  n
chromolithographic  [ˌkrəʊməʊlɪθəˈgræfɪk] 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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Noun1.chromolithography - single- or multi-color lithography
lithography - a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
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This comprehensive definition includes a number of printing technologies, ranging from traditional chromolithography to more modern photo offset printing processes.
Christian chromolithographs in Ethiopia by Simmons, Briana B. / African Arts
28) But, for the depiction of illuminated manuscripts, the world still relied on older processes, and particularly on chromolithography, where the originals were copied by hand (often traced), and where each colour had to be printed separately, or--in the more expensive books--added by hand.
The hand in the machine: facsimiles, libraries and the politics of ... by McKitterick, David / The La Trobe Journal
But exactly what inspired Adams to produce the colorful scroll through a Cincinnati chromolithography company is somewhat of a mystery.
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