Aquatint: A printing technique - Art & Culture

Q.  What is Aquatint?
- Published on 17 Aug 15

a. A painting technique
b. A printing technique
c. A shade of color used extensively by Europeans
d. A chemical used to produce blue color

ANSWER: A printing technique
 
Aquatint is a picture produced by cutting into a copper sheet with acid and then printing it. Aquatint is a printmaking technique, a variant of etching. The artist makes marks on the plate (in the case of aquatint, a copper or zinc plate) that are capable of holding ink.

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