different between mezzotint vs polychrome

English

Alternative forms

• mezzotinto (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed Italian mezzatinta (literally “half dye”).

Noun

mezzotint (plural mezzotints)

1. A form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image.

   Coordinate term: aquatint

   Hypernyms: etching, intaglio

2. An etching or print made using this method.

Verb

mezzotint (third-person singular simple present mezzotints, present participle mezzotinting, simple past and past participle mezzotinted)

1. To make such etchings

Further reading

• mezzotint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

poly- +? -chrome

Adjective

polychrome (not comparable)

1. Using multiple colours
2. Executed in the manner of polychromy

   polychrome printing

Related terms

• oligochrome
• polychromatic

Translations

Noun

polychrome (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) esculin (so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions)

Verb

polychrome (third-person singular simple present polychromes, present participle polychroming, simple past and past participle polychromed)

1. To paint or dye with multiple colours.
2. To divide (a dye etc.) into multiple colours.

References

• polychrome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Adjective

polychrome (plural polychromes)

1. polychrome
2. multicoloured

   Synonym: multicolore

   Antonym: monochrome

   Hyponyms: bichrome, quadrichrome, trichrome

Verb

polychrome

1. first-person singular present indicative of polychromer
2. third-person singular present indicative of polychromer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of polychromer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of polychromer
5. second-person singular imperative of polychromer