Meaning & use
aquatint
A printmaking technique that uses acid to etch tonal areas onto a metal plate, or a print made this way.
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The artist used aquatint to create soft, shaded tones in her landscape prints.
Goya produced a famous series of aquatints depicting the horrors of war.
A note on using this word
Aquatint differs from etching in that it produces broad tonal areas rather than fine lines.
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