This extraordinary series of printing proofs depicting a Parisian outdoor café illustrates the complex development of a color lithograph. Each of the six colors required a separate design. When printed successively onto a single sheet of paper, the six separate designs form the completed print. The first two colors to be printed were yellow and blue seen together in the first exhibited printers’ proof. The proofs were then printed sequentially with the addition of successive colors: red, green, warm gray, and pink pigments. In certain areas, the overlapping of inks created a different color. For example, the translucent pink, seen along the print’s top edge, combined with the warm gray ink to create the rosy brown awning. This series is an excellent example of the standard process used to produce a color lithograph.