
Strip of gray values ranging from white to black. Used by process camera and scanner operators to calibrate exposure times for film and plates. Also called step wedge; an image made up of a range of shades of black and white.
(1) Any color created by printing only one ink, as compared to a color created by printing four-color process. Also called block color and spot color. (2) Color that seems weak or lifeless.
Ink color used in addition to the four needed by four-color process.
One of four standard process colors. The blue color; Also known as process blue; Shade of blue; One of four basic ink colors used in four color printing process.
Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black), the four process colors. Also referred to as “full color.”