UNDER CONSTRUCTION

a little bit about color separations

making a print from a painting

photograph the painting four times, with different filters. the camera is the same distance from the painting for each color, so the images will be the same size and line up in register when printed. use a gray scale on the edge of the picture for reference. a much easier way to get color separations is to just make them in a computer program, like photoshop, or some photocopy machines have color separtion functions. then you just select and print out what you want, and can use the paper copies to make negatives or plates or prints.

the painting photographed with no filter (the black separation)

the painting photographed with a green filter (the magenta separation)

the painting photographed with a blue filter (the yellow separation)

the painting photographed with a red filter (the cyan separtion)

using the photographs, make negatives and plates, which are printed in process colors (yellow, magenta, cyan and black)

the yellow printed alone,

this is the magenta alone,

magenta printed on top of yellow

this is what the cyan looks like alone,

the cyan printed on top of magenta and yellow

this is what the black looks like alone, but this would be the final color printed on top of the others. it is thin so it doesn't obliterate the colors underneath.

a composite (all colors) image

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last update 6-9-02