1. a printing technique that uses dots of varying sizes to create the illusion of continuous tone in images
Usage: common in printing and publishing
2. an image or print produced using the halftone process

1. relating to or produced by the halftone printing process

Examples

• The newspaper photograph was printed using a halftone process to reproduce the grayscale image.
• Halftone dots become visible when you examine a printed magazine page under magnification.
• The designer created a halftone effect in the poster by converting the photograph into dots.
• Early color printing relied on halftone screens to separate images into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
• The halftone image in the textbook showed fine detail despite being printed on standard paper.
• Modern digital printing has reduced the need for traditional halftone screens.
• The artist experimented with halftone patterns to achieve a specific visual style.