Also called achromatic color replacement (ACR), integrated color removal (ICR), and polychromatic color removal (PCR). Removing the achromatic (also called contaminant or graying) component of cyan, magenta, and yellow when they all combine and replacing it with black. Gray component replacement is distinct from under color removal, which reduces process colors in only dark, neutral areas and adds black. GCR separation is done with specialized software on electronic scanners.

See GCR.

Technique of replacing gray tones in the yellow, cyan and magenta films, made while color separating, with black ink. Abbreviated GCR. Also called achromatic color removal.