four-color

[ fawr-kuhl-er, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˌkʌl ər, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective Printing.

noting or pertaining to a process for reproducing colored illustrations in a close approximation to their original hues by photographing the artwork successively through magenta, cyan, and yellow color-absorbing filters to produce four plates that are printed successively with yellow, red, blue, and black inks.

Nearby words

four-ball match, four-banger, four-by-four, four-by-two, four-channel, four-color, four-color problem, four-color process, four-colour, four-corners, four-cycle