COLOR IN THE TECHNIQUES OF PRINTED GRAPHICS

The article is devoted to the analysis of the artistic possibilities of color on the example of various graphic techniques. The widespread use of printed graphics nevertheless preserves a unique aesthetic basis and does not lose its individual style, which is directly related to the printing technique. It is emphasized that color-printed graphics, thanks to the use of color, stand out from other types of visual arts with their new, original means of expression, artistic possibilities, and artistic value. The potential possibilities of color in such techniques of printed graphics as linocut, xylography, monotype, “dry needle”, “etched stroke”, aquatint, and engraving on cardboard are considered. All of these techniques use the possibilities of color in their own way as a means of expressing a creative idea. Color can be used as an accent that focuses attention on essential elements and storylines of works of printed graphics, as well as having the main semantic load in the work. It has been found that although the color is subordinate to the drawing in color-printed graphics, it gives the composition greater expressiveness and expression, and therefore helps to convey the creative idea of the artist to the viewer. It has been proven that in each of the considered techniques of printed graphics, the artist uses color for a specific purpose because it allows for achieving one or another effect.