chromolithography
Sign in to saveright|thumb|upright=1.3|"Love or Duty", a chromolithograph by Gabriele Castagnola, 1873. The nineteen colours of ink used can be seen on the right hand side.
Wikidata facts
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Chromolithographs
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Process
- Origins
- Arrival in the United States
- Opposition to chromolithography
- Notable printers
- Louis Prang
- Lothar Meggendorfer
- August Hoen
- Rufus Bliss
- M. & N. Hanhart
- Uses
- Bibliography
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|upright=1.3|"Love or Duty", a chromolithograph by Gabriele Castagnola, 1873. The nineteen colours of ink used can be seen on the right hand side.
Chromolithography is a method for making multi-colour prints in lithography, and in theory includes all types of lithography that are printed in colour. However, in modern usage it is normally restricted to 19th-century works, and the higher quality examples from that period; almost all 21st-century colour printing uses lithography, but would not be described using the term chromolithography. When chromolithography is used to reproduce photographs, the term photochrome is frequently used. Lithography is a method of printing on flat surfaces using a flat printing plate instead of raised relief or recessed intaglio techniques.