Basic Printmaking Vocabulary

2. three colors that are next to one another on the color wheel; these colors harmonize with each other.
3. lines and shapes are gouged into a piece of linoleum to produce a surface that has positive and negative areas; the linoleum block is then coated in ink to make prints.
8. a print created from high and low areas on a printing plate.
13. pigments plus oils, binders, and driers.
15. a raised impression made by a metal plate.
17. the number of prints pulled from one plate.
18. pressing an object into ink and then pressing it onto a paper, leaving a print.
20. the flat surface onto which a design is etched or engraved for printing.
21. two opposite colors on the color wheel.
23. a machine with a photosensitive device that translates images into digital code; images can then be stored in a computer.
24. an impression made from a printing plate in order to check the progress of the design being made; it is a test print.
25. a roller used to spread a layer of ink over printing plates.
26. a tool used for printing; it can be made from an eraser, a potato, a string, foam, metal, or wood.

1. tints, tones, and shades of the same color.
4. a tool used to remove wood or linoleum from a block.
5. a liquid that dissolves ink.
6. the process of making an image on a plate and reproducing it again and again using ink.
7. a soft piece of felt used to apply ink to a surface.
9. a one-time print made from a printing plate.
10. a stencil process using a mesh stretched over a frame; ink is forced through openings in the mesh and blocked from going through other areas.
11. a material made of paper or fabric that has cut-away parts with lettering or a design; ink or paint is forced through these parts onto the surface being printed.
12. a print made from a collage of materials glued together on a printing plate.
13. a copy made using the printing process.
14. lines are scratched into a flat metal plate to hold the ink and make a print.
16. a fabric that is stretched over a frame used to hold a stencil for printing.
19. a tool used for stamping, usually made of rubber.
22. lines and shapes are cut into a wood block, which is inked and then printed.