mono-color

# Mono-Color Editorial Print Skill Turn any user theme, sentence, or reference photo into an original printed editorial artifact with one stable visual language: adaptive neutral substrate + one or two inks + mechanically reproduced image + typographic tension + concise human voice. This skill designs and generates the image; it does not imitate any one reference, copy a source composition, wording, logo, or artwork, and it never uses more than two printing inks. ## When to Use The user asks for a monochrome editorial poster, duotone print, risograph/zine poster, halftone photo treatment, one-ink or two-ink cover, or names the mono-color style. Chinese trigger vocabulary includes 单色海报、双色印刷、单色调视觉、蓝色/绿色孔版印刷、网点照片、复古或当代编辑排版. Do not trigger merely because a request mentions a color. ## Prerequisites - The Hermes `image_generate` tool (search/describe it via the deferred-tool catalog if not loaded). If image generation is unavailable, deliver prompt-only and say so. - The `design-system/` catalogs bundled with this skill (see Quick Reference). ## Quick Reference Print modes: | Mode | When | |---|---| | Pure one-ink | User explicitly requests one ink, monochrome, or one named ink without a second color | | Chromatic ink + black | Quiet, observational, natural, architectural, long-form subjects; chromatic plate carries the image, carbon/charcoal carries text | | Complementary duotone | General default; dominant plate 70–85%, accent 15–30% with a specific role; fallback pair ...