halftone

A technique in which small dots of varying size and shape are used to simulate different tones of color or shades of grey. This can be either as an artistic choice, or as a printing technique to simulate smooth gradients using a single color of ink. At a distance, the dots will appear to blend together and produce a smooth gradient.

If the dots are all equal in size, use Ben-Day dots instead.

Examples

Halftone outline

Halftone background

Traditional halftoning

See also

• screentones
• Ben-Day dots
• dithering
• halftone background
• halftone outline
• polka dot
• hatching
• color halftone
• Tag group:Image composition

External links

• Wikipedia: Halftone

The following tags are aliased to this tag: halftone_texture (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: halftone_background and halftone_outline (learn more).