Reverse

DEFINITION

Type, graphic or illustration reproduced by printing ink around its outline, thus allowing the underlying color or paper to show through and form the image. The image &#39;reverses out&#39; of the ink color. Also called knockout and liftout.<br><br>The rear or back view of an object. To turn an object backward, or to order a number of things in an opposite direction. Often refers to the back side of a two-sided object, such as a coin, a medal, a seal, or a panel which has a painting on each side. The opposite of reverse is obverse. The front and rear sides of works on paper are more often referred to as recto and verso.Also see align and alignment, graphic design, invert, mirror, negative, numismatics, and reversible.