1. printing technique using dots of varying sizes to reproduce continuous-tone images
Usage: printing; photography
2. images produced by the halftone printing process
Usage: printing; photography
3. intermediate tones between light and dark in art or photography
Usage: art; photography

Examples

• The newspaper used halftones to print the photographs clearly.
• Early magazines relied on halftones for reproducing artwork.
• The artist carefully rendered the halftones in her portrait drawing.
• Digital printing has largely replaced traditional halftones.
• The photographer adjusted the halftones to improve contrast.
• Halftones create the illusion of continuous tone from tiny dots.