Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
Menu
dictionary thesaurus

color printing

noun

Definition of color printing 

: the making of color prints especially in three or more colors

Love words?

You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

Start your free trial today and get unlimited access to America's largest dictionary, with:

  • More than 250,000 words that aren't in our free dictionary
  • Expanded definitions, etymologies, and usage notes
  • Advanced search features
  • Ad free!

First Known Use of color printing

1822, in the meaning defined above

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about color printing

Share color printing

Resources for color printing

Cite Time Traveler Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared

Dictionary Entries near color printing

colorpoint

colorpoint shorthair

color print

color printing

color quality

color question

color ratio

Statistics for color printing

Look-up Popularity

Time Traveler for color printing

The first known use of color printing was in 1822

See more words from the same year

Comments on color printing

What made you want to look up color printing? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

Show Comments  Hide Comments 

WORD OF THE DAY

acceptation

a generally accepted meaning of a word

Get Word of the Day daily email!

Test Your Vocabulary

Great Scrabble Words—A Quiz

  • scrabble-tiles-that-read-scrabble-quiz
  • Which of the following Q-without-U words means the number five in cards or dice?
Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ
Dictionary Devil

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Words at Play

Ask the Editors

Word Games