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subtractive process

noun

  1. a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.


subtractive process

noun

  1. a photographic process in which all but the desired colours are removed by passing the illuminating light through subtractive filters Compare additive process
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of subtractive process1

First recorded in 1925–30

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