Skip to main content

Colour separation

Scope note

The technique of isolating individual colors on separate printing plates or photographic negatives, so that a picture or design may be printed in multiple colors.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300053331

Broader Terms used

<printing techniques>

Created

13yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: colour separation" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-28021 Accessed: 2024-11-04 18:16:05

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-28021|title=Terminology definition for: colour separation|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-04 18:16:05|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-28021

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...