彩色平版印刷术是一种制做多媒体彩色版画的印刷技术。这种类型的彩色印刷源于过程中的光刻技术，它包括所有类型的光刻是全彩印刷。它取代了着色版画手工作业，并最终作为一个复制品，一个真正的绘画。

Chromolithography is a method for making multi-colour prints. This type of colour printing stemmed from the process of lithography, and it includes all types of lithography that are printed in colour. When chromolithography is used to reproduce photographs, the term photochrome is frequently used. Lithographers sought to find a way to print on flat surfaces with the use of chemicals instead of relief or intaglio printing.