solid black; 100% black; K100 black
In printing, refers to a solid area of pure black ink, as opposed to rich black or screened black. Often used in design and prepress contexts.
Please print this logo in solid black.
If you make the background solid black, the text will appear reversed out in white.
Standard kanji-katakana spelling for this printing term.
Full-width katakana spelling, sometimes used in technical contexts.
墨 (sumi, 'black ink') + ベタ (beta, 'solid, flat, unpatterned'). The term ベタ is used in printing and design to describe a solid area of color without gradation or halftone.