subtractive

Producing or involving subtraction.

Of or being a color produced by light passing through or reflecting off a colorant, such as a filter or pigment, that absorbs certain wavelengths and transmits or reflects others.

Of or being any of the primary colors cyan, magenta, or yellow.

Of or being a photographic process that produces a positive image by superposing or mixing substances that selectively absorb colored light.

Tending to subtract; having power to subtract.

In mathematics, having the minus sign (—).

Tending, or having power, to subtract.

Having the negative sign, or sign minus.

Of or pertaining to subtraction