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cyanotype

/sahy-an-uh-tahyp/US // saɪˈæn əˌtaɪp //UK // (saɪˈænəˌtaɪp) //

青色印刷,青花瓷,青色印刷术,青花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
    • : a print made by this process.

Examples

  • Marty Ittner’s swirling piece, a response to climate change, is rendered in the deep blues of cyanotype.

  • For Round 1 Mary snail mailed Elizabeth a cyanotype photogram, which she then bordered with inkjet-printed video stills.

  • The positive cyanotype gives blue lines on a white ground, being the reverse of the ordinary blue print.

  • It should then be put in the printing frame in the same way as the cyanotype paper and exposed to the sun.

  • Prints made upon this cyanotype paper have a beautiful blue tone, and are so simple and easily made that they are very popular.