Ben-Day dots

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illustration technique printing technique

Ben-Day dots are a printing and illustration technique that uses small, closely spaced colored dots to create shading, gradients, and secondary colors, famously employed in mid-20th-century comic books and pop art.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	illustration technique ⓘ printing technique ⓘ
appliedIn	comic book printing ⓘ commercial printing ⓘ illustration ⓘ newspaper printing ⓘ pop art ⓘ
associatedWith	low-cost color printing ⓘ mechanical reproduction ⓘ
basedOn	halftone printing principles ⓘ optical color mixing ⓘ
characteristic	grid-like arrangement ⓘ regular dot patterns ⓘ uniform dot size ⓘ
culturalAssociation	mid-20th-century comics ⓘ pop culture iconography ⓘ
developedInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	continuous-tone printing ⓘ digital dithering ⓘ
famouslyUsedBy	Roy Lichtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedWith	photomechanical processes ⓘ transparent overlay screens ⓘ
influenced	contemporary illustration ⓘ graphic design ⓘ pop art aesthetics ⓘ
namedAfter	Benjamin Henry Day Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUseIn	American comic books ⓘ advertising art ⓘ mass-market magazines ⓘ
popularInPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
relatedTo	halftone dots ⓘ pointillism ⓘ screen tones ⓘ
requires	printing plates ⓘ screening process ⓘ
typicalColor	black ⓘ cyan ⓘ magenta ⓘ yellow ⓘ
use	closely spaced dots ⓘ mechanically produced dots ⓘ small colored dots ⓘ
usedFor	gradients ⓘ secondary colors ⓘ shading ⓘ
visualEffect	comic-book texture ⓘ industrial reproduction look ⓘ stylized shading ⓘ

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Drowning Girl → usesTechnique → Ben-Day dots ⓘ

Look Mickey → artisticStyle → Ben-Day dots ⓘ

Hopeless → usesTechnique → Ben-Day dots ⓘ

M-Maybe → usesTechnique → Ben-Day dots ⓘ