four-colour

British  

noun

1. (modifier) (of a print or photographic process) using the principle in which four colours (magenta, cyan, yellow, and black) are used in combination to produce almost any other colour

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Example Sentences

Siegel and Shuster had created a new archetype – or perhaps, more accurately, a new stereotype – and by 1940, once the nascent genre had demonstrated that it could get kids to part with millions of dimes per month, swarms of imitators catapulted hordes of four-colour heroes into the skies, all chasing the gold in this golden age.

From The Guardian

When the four-colour theorem was proved in the 1970s, there was plenty of heated discussion among mathematicians, philosophers, and computer scientists.

From Scientific American

They are well known, starting with the proof of the four-colour theorem.

From Scientific American

A blue alert, called when the sea ice stretches out more than 60 nautical miles, is the lowest tier on China’s four-colour alert system for severe weather, with red being the highest.

From Reuters

A blue alert, called when the sea ice stretches out more than 60 nautical miles, is the lowest tier on China’s four-colour alert system for severe weather, with red being the highest.

From Reuters