| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp. | n color separation | カラー・セパレーション |
| construct. | color separation | 色分解 (いろ・ぶんかい) |
| comp., MS | color separation | 色分解 (The process of printing the colors in a document as separate output files, each of which is to be printed using a different-colored ink. There are two types of color separation: spot color separation and process color separation, いろ・ぶんかい) |
| comp., MS | color separation | 色分離 (A decomposed layer of a full-color image used in printing. Typical printing processes use four color separations (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) which combine together to produce the final image) |
| comp. | n color separation | カラーセパレーション |
| gen. | color separation draft | 分版原図 |