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Posted By: boxingcardman

Each of the primary colors -- black, cyan (blue), magenta (red), and yellow -- has a separate plate. Even though you see many, many colors in the finished product, only these four colors are used. The amount and intermix of the inks is what creates the different colors.

The only processes I am aware of that allow for different colors of ink to be directly applied to the prints are older processes like hand-printing or stone lithography.

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