# Chromolithography × Lithography — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=chromolithography+lithography
# Chromolithography carries the structure. Lithography appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Chromolithography (Technique, 1830s–1930s) and its accent from Lithography (Technique, 1796–). Structural cues: Dense color built from a dozen or more stones; Slight misregister between the stones; Flat solids used together with stipple; Border ornament used together with gold. Accent cues, used sparingly: Greasy crayon; Stone or metal plate; Painterly tone; Multicolor overprinting. Composition: Enclose the sheet in a border and set the main image at the center.. Type and lettering: Treat the decorative display face at the same density as the border ornament.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Greasy crayon or tusche on stone, tone held by oil against water. Mood: Exhilaration, Luxury, Nostalgia, Intimacy. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #eadfca, #a24f3e, #373334. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Planographic Printing, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
# - Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Chromolithography: More colors do not make it richer. The order of the stones and the register decide the result.
# - Lithography: Pencil texture is not it, and neglecting density control crushes the tone into a merely blurred image. Learn how oil against water, the stone, damping, the roller and overprinted plates shape line and color.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/chromolithography/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/lithography/design.md