A four-color,full-page advertisement for a sale at a local retailer appeared in the Sunday newspaper.The ad featured several images of products that would be on sale.The color images,however,were somewhat blurry.Which of the following best explains why the images were blurry?
A)The glossy paper used by newspapers is ineffective at reproducing fine details.
B)The color was not in perfect registration.
C)The advertisement used continuous tones rather than half tones.
D)The advertisement used half tones rather than continuous tones.
E)The advertisement did not use enough white space.

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Color images appear blurry in print when the colors are not in perfect registration. This means the different color layers (typically cyan, magenta, yellow, and black in four-color printing) were not precisely aligned during the printing process, causing a blurry or fuzzy appearance.

A Four-Color,full-Page Advertisement for a Sale at a Local Retailer