Definitions for "SCREEN TINT"
Keywords:  tint, shade, lighter, dot, benday
A percentage of a PMS color usually represented in 5% - 10% increments to create tint colors for design purposes.
The lightening of solid colours such as Pantone colours or solid process colours by screening them; the resulting colour is called a screen tint. For example, magenta printed as a 40 percent tine appears as a mediumpink.The ink coverage for a screen tint is less than 100 percent and thus sumulates shading or a lighter colour.
A device used in printing that decreases color intensity by reproducing fine dots of the color; example: a 50% screen of black produces a medium gray
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See: Screentone. to top