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screentone

screentone noun: a technique for applying textures and shades to drawings from preprinted sheets, used as an alternative to hatching.

Noun

screentone (countable and uncountable, plural screentones)

  1. (uncountable) A technique for applying textures and shades to drawings from preprinted sheets, used as an alternative to hatching.
  2. (countable) A texture or shading of this kind.
    • There are various kinds of screentones, but the ones with printed small dots are the most basic.2018, Danica Davidson, Rena Saiya, Manga Art for Intermediates, page 7

Forms of screentone

pluralscreentones

Origin of screentone

From screen + tone.

Questions about screentone

What does screentone mean?
Screentone means a technique for applying textures and shades to drawings from preprinted sheets, used as an alternative to hatching.
What part of speech is screentone?
Screentone is a noun.
What is the plural of screentone?
The plural of screentone is screentones.

Words near screentone in the dictionary

  1. screenspace
  2. screentest
  3. screentests
  4. screentime
  5. screentimes
  6. screentone
  7. screentones
  8. screenwash
  9. screenwashed
  10. screenwashes
  11. screenwashing

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