halftone

/ˈhæfˌtoʊn/
noun
  1. A printing process that uses small dots of different sizes to create shades of gray or color in a picture.
    • The designer adjusted the halftone pattern to make the image look smoother.
    • Old comic books often have a grainy halftone effect in the artwork.
    • The newspaper used a halftone to print the photograph clearly.
  2. A picture or image produced by the halftone process.
    • She collected vintage halftones from old magazines.
    • The book was filled with black-and-white halftones of famous paintings.
    • The printer created a beautiful halftone of the landscape photo.