"process color" meaning in All languages combined

See process color on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: process colors [plural]
Etymology: Short for four color printing process. Head templates: {{en-noun}} process color (plural process colors)
  1. (printing) A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors. Categories (topical): Printing Synonyms: CMYK, four color, full process, full color, process colour [Commonwealth]
    Sense id: en-process_color-en-noun-qE9zD1Ge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: spot color"
        }
      ],
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        "A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors."
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          "use",
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        ],
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        [
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        [
          "ink",
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        ],
        [
          "cyan",
          "cyan"
        ],
        [
          "magenta",
          "magenta"
        ],
        [
          "yellow",
          "yellow"
        ],
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ],
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        "(printing) A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors."
      ],
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        },
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          "word": "full color"
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        }
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        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
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          "text": "Coordinate term: spot color"
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          "magenta",
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          "yellow",
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        ],
        [
          "black",
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        ],
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          "CMYK",
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        ],
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        "(printing) A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors."
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        "media",
        "printing",
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      "word": "CMYK"
    },
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      "word": "four color"
    },
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      "word": "full process"
    },
    {
      "word": "full color"
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