four-color

[ fawr-kuhl-er, fohr- ]

adjective

, Printing.

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Many magazines print two colors for covers and inside pages, instead of full four-color printings.

From Project Gutenberg