three-color
Americanadjective
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having or characterized by the use of three colors.
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noting or pertaining to a photomechanical process for making reproductions of paintings, artwork, etc., usually by making three printing plates, each corresponding to a primary color, by the halftone process, and printing superimposed impressions from these plates in three correspondingly colored inks.
Etymology
Origin of three-color
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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This method works best for carving shaded or three-color patterns.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
The impression it leaves on my mind is a bold, three-color nightmare: the black of night and trees, the white of snow and teeth, and the red of — well, you’ll see.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2022
In the main gallery, three gorgeous monochromes — by Ellsworth Kelly, Katharina Fritsch and Paul Sietsema — play off of a three-color close-up of a car’s trunk and bumper, precisely painted by Peter Cain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2016
Color television uses a three-color system in which the screen is covered with equal numbers of red, green, and blue phosphor dots.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The introduction of color work in the schoolbooks intended for young children resulted from the invention of the three-color plates.
From A History of the McGuffey Readers by Vail, Henry Hobart
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