Relating to or characteristic of the collotype process or its results; having qualities produced by collotype printing.
From collotype + -ic (adjective suffix). A technical term from printing and art history describing the distinctive visual qualities of collotype reproductions.
Collotypic quality became synonymous with luxury art books—if something was described as 'collotypic,' it meant exceptional fine detail and rich tonal gradations. It's one of those technical terms that became a badge of quality, like 'analog' became cool again in the digital age.
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