chromolithography

[ kroh-moh-li-thog-ruh-fee ]

noun

1. the process of lithographing in colors from a series of plates or stones.

chromolithography

/ ˌkrəʊməʊlɪˈθɒɡrəfɪ; ˌkrəʊməʊlɪθəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

1. the process of making coloured prints by lithography

Derived Forms

• ˌchromoliˈthographer, noun
• chromolithographic, adjective

Other Words From

• chromo·li·thogra·pher noun
• chro·mo·lith·o·graph·ic [kroh-m, uh, -lith-, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chromolithography¹

First recorded in 1830–40; chromo- + lithography

Example Sentences

That year, using a color printing process called chromolithography, Prang created America’s first commercial Christmas card.

From Wall Street Journal

In about 1860, however, he was driven from the market by the rise of a cheaper medium, chromolithography, which was responsible in the next few decades for a universal outpouring of popular bathos.

From Project Gutenberg

It has been employed by this artist for three months, and was found equally successful in oil or water colours, chromolithography, and even in making white impressions on a black ground.

From Project Gutenberg

When Ferdinand Lind looked out the next day from the window of his hotel, it was not at all the Venice of chromolithography that lay before him.

From Project Gutenberg

It may seem an anticlimax to trace the color woodcut from Jackson to Baxter, and finally to chromolithography, but it is not irrelevant.

From Project Gutenberg