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Laboratory / 15 — Print & perception

The Registration
Table.

Three inks. One impression.
Move the plates apart and discover what happens between the colours.

Registration study · ChromologiumAuthored RGB multiply study. x=12; y=-8; angle=7; opacity=0.8; motif=rosette; plates=true,true,true. https://chromologium.com/lab/registrationCHROMOLOGIUM / PRINT STUDIESTHREE INKS. ONE IMPRESSION.FIG. 015
Drag the print to separate the plates↑ ↓ ← → Fine adjustment
The material lesson

The overlap is a colour, too.

Turn off two inks to inspect a single plate. Bring them back, align the print, then slowly rotate it. The emerging bands belong to the relationship between marks, rather than to any one layer.

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About this proof

Screen proof. Paper thinking.

This is an authored SVG study using RGB multiply blending. The paper and three inks stay constant as the surrounding interface changes. It illustrates registration and interference; it does not predict the behaviour of physical pigments on a printing press.

Export a resolution-independent SVG, or share the complete study. Keyboard users can focus the print and use arrow keys; hold Shift for larger steps or press Home to align its position.

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