中国古代套色印刷考略

套色印刷是中国古代继雕版印刷、活字印刷之后又一重大技术突破,＂饾版＂的发明开创了古代套色版画的先河,所印刷的版画不仅色彩绚丽,精美鲜艳,且能表现画面的深浅浓度,把套色技术提高到前所未有的程度。＂拱版＂技术的创新使印刷品更为美观精致,它比18世纪中叶德国第一次应用凹凸印刷技术要早150多年。

A Researchon Ancient Chromaticity Printing in China

The ancient chromaticity printing in China was another breakthrough after the invention of block printing and movable type printing. The ancient chromaticity printing began with watercolour block printing,which is one of the major printings that has upgraded chromaticity printing to an unprecedented degree. Engraving in this method is not only colorful and chromatic but also displays intensity of colors. The embossing printing makes the presswork exquisite aesthetic,which is one hundred and fifty years earlier than the thermograph in Germany.