# Printing in Color: Lessons in Technique

A demonstration of the progress of color printing from 1457 until 1800, using examples from the Library's Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection and recent acquisitions. The focus of the talk is a discussion of the techniques developed by printers to apply color to printed images through the mechanical process of the printing press and how these techniques changed as the technology of printing developed over the centuries.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2013
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689048/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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