noun
tricolor printing
A printing process using three primary colors to reproduce full-color images. Technical term used in printing and photography.
この雑誌の口絵は原色写真版で印刷されている。
The frontispiece of this magazine is printed using tricolor printing.
Compound of 原色 (primary colors), 写真 (photograph), and 版 (printing plate/edition). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a technical coinage for a color printing process.