Associations to the word «Halftone»

Wiktionary

HALFTONE, noun. (music) Half the interval between two notes on a scale.
HALFTONE, noun. (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
HALFTONE, noun. (arts) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
HALFTONE, verb. To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.

Dictionary definition

HALFTONE, noun. A print obtained from photoengraving.
HALFTONE, noun. An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.

Wise words

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