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Colour printing

Scope note

Printing processes, generally involving materials such as dyes and inks, to produce a variety of shades of the visible spectrum.

This term has 2,433 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053329

Broader Terms used

<printing techniques>

Narrower Terms used

full-colour printing

Term used for

chromotypography

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Kakutarô ga chichi Akaiwa Ikkaku

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô
Blockcutter: Tsushimo Shôjirô

Ama Myôchin

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô
Blockcutter: Tsushimo Shôjirô

Gogatsu Gorô Tokimune

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei

Unuma Inuyama no shiro embô

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô

Miya Kagekiyo

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi
Blockcutter: Mino

An image of Print

Hana-no-en banshô Katsuragi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Kunihisa, Utagawa
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô

An image of Print

Daiku Rokusa

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô

Woman writing with blossom trees in background

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

Woman seated with a brush and writing materials

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

Iwai Tojaku as O-Fusa, Ichikawa Ebizô as Hantoki Kurobei, and Onoe Kikogorô III as Omatari Matsuri Sashichi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei

An image of Print

Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Hakamadare Yasuchika and Usui Sadamitsu battling a giant snake

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi

An image of Print

Asakusa tambo torinomachi môde

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

An image of Print

Rural Genji (Inaka genji)

Maker(s)

Designer: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

An image of Print

Clearing storm: Azumado of the Nakaomiya House

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

A man with two women under a mosquito net

Maker(s)

Designer: Shigenobu, Yanagawa

An image of Surimono

Onoe Kikugorô III and Iwai Kumesaburô II in the roles of lovers

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

An image of Print

Asakusagawa Shubi no matsu Oumayagashi

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

An image of Surimono

Ômi sono ni

Maker(s)

Designer: Sadakage, Utagawa

An image of Book

Sumagoto inaka Genji

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

An image of Print

The False Murasaki and a rural Genji (Nise murasaki inaka genji)

Maker(s)

Designer: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Dutch lovers

Maker(s)

Designer: Shigenobu, Yanagawa

Paris Bridge, Pont au Change

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coker, Peter

Paris at night from the Hotel Châtelet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coker, Peter

Ned

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Waller, Daryl
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Publisher: The Print Studio, Cambridge
Printer: The Print Studio, Cambridge

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