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quadricromia

four-colour printing, CMYK

noun kwah-dree-kroh-MEE-ah Rare

Origin: From Greek 'tetra' (four) + 'chroma' (colour), via Italian.

Usage Note

Quadricromia is the standard Italian printing term for the CMYK four-colour process (cyan, magenta, yellow, black). It appears mainly in graphic design and publishing contexts. The plural is regular: quadricromie. Learners working in design or printing will encounter it frequently in technical documentation.

Examples

"Il catalogo è stampato in quadricromia."

Natural Translation

The catalogue is printed in four-colour.

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