additive process

American  

noun

1. a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by the combination of red, green, and blue-violet.

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additive process British  

noun

1. a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours Compare subtractive process

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Etymology

Origin of additive process

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Her whole career was an additive process of expanding her skills and techniques and then finding ways to combine or complement them.

From New York Times

Nor is linguistic change simply an additive process.

From The Guardian

He says there’s just more, which is fine because he likes the additive process.

From Washington Times

“Growing—in nature—is an additive process,” said Julia Schmidt-Petersen, an engineer at German 3-D metal printing pioneer EOS GmbH.

From The Wall Street Journal

This additive process escalates until Franklin is ad-libbing whole extra choruses at the end of the song.

From Slate