three-color printing process
Technical term in printing; refers to a process using three primary colors (typically cyan, magenta, yellow) to reproduce full-color images.
This magazine is printed using a three-color printing process.
Four-color printing adds black (key) to the three primary colors, which is more common in modern offset printing.
General term for color printing, not specifying the number of colors or process.
Compound of 三色 (three colors) + 印刷法 (printing method). A straightforward technical term with no obscure historical derivation.