- Jacob Christoph Le Blon
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name = Jacob Chrisoph Le Blon
caption = Jacob Chrisoph Le Blon
birth_name = Jacob Chrisoph Le Blon
birth_date =May 2 1667
birth_place =Frankfurt am Main
death_date =May 16 1741
death_place =Paris
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nationality =Germany
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footnotes =Jacob Christoph Le Blon (
May 2 1667 –May 16 1741 ) was a German-born painter and engraver who invented the system of three-color andfour-colour printing (similar to the modernCMYK system). [cite book | title = Jacob Christoph Le Blon, 1667-1741: Inventor of Three- and Four Colour Printing | author = Otto M. Lilien | publisher = A. Hiersemann | year = 1985 | isbn = 3777285072 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ydASAAAACAAJ&dq=jacob+%22le+blon%22+color+printing&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=rBkESOOBM4vMsQPnwqSMCw ] He used several metal plates (each for an individual colour) for making prints with a wide range of colours. His methods formed the foundation for modern colour printing.His names are sometimes spelled "Jakob, Jacques, Christophe, Leblon, Le Blond". [cite book | title = Supplement to the Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | volume = Vol. 1 | publisher = London: Charles Knight & Co. | author = Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | year = 1851 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=jA8DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA207&dq=%22le+blond%22+color+printing&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=3xoESL7XAZyStwO375GPCw ]
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