Overprinting: is when colors are printed over each other. This creates new colors as the colors are blended.
Knockout: is when you cut out overlapping colors from the lower layers so that you only print with the pure spot colors.

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Overprinting: is when colors are printed over each other. This creates new colors as the colors are blended.
Knockout: is when you cut out overlapping colors from the lower layers so that you only print with the pure spot colors.