A printing process that uses multiple colored stones or metal plates to create full-color prints, with each color applied separately.
From Greek 'chroma' (color) + 'lithos' (stone) + 'graphia' (writing/printing). Invented around 1837 by Godefroy Engelmann in France, it revolutionized color printing.
Chromolithography was like the Photoshop of the 1800s—it let artists and printers create stunning full-color images before digital technology existed, and every color had to be carefully separated and printed one at a time.
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