"process color" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Topics: media, printing, publishing

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