Which printmaking technique produces images using half-tones instead of lines?
a. etching
b. engraving
c. mezzotint
d. lithography

Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing. Mezzotint is the printmaking technique that produces images using half-tones instead of lines. Correct C The word comes from the Mezzo-tinto which is Italian for "half-tone" or "half-painted".This technique developed in the seventeenth century. It creates prints with soft gradations of tone and rich and velvety blacks.