Additive color printing using multiple color graphic layers

A method for printing a three-dimensional object onto a non-white substrate using a printing device, the method comprising:

• receiving color graphic design information at the printing device, the color graphic design information representing a color graphic image;
• receiving the non-white substrate at the printing device;
• printing a white layer of the three-dimensional object onto the non-white substrate;
• printing a lower color graphic layer of the three-dimensional object onto the white layer using the color graphic design information;
• printing one or more transparent structural layers of the three-dimensional object onto the lower color graphic layer;
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• printing an upper color graphic layer of the three-dimensional object onto an uppermost layer of the one or more transparent structural layers using the color graphic design information, wherein the upper color graphic layer and the lower color graphic layer collectively visually depict the color graphic image.

A method for printing a three-dimensional object onto a substrate using a printing device, the method comprising:

• receiving color graphic design information at the printing device, the color graphic design information representing a color graphic image;
• receiving the substrate at the printing device;
• printing a lower color graphic layer of the three-dimensional object onto the substrate using the color graphic design information;
• printing one or more inner transparent structural layers of the three-dimensional object onto the lower color graphic layer;
• printing an intermediate color graphic layer of the three-dimensional object onto an uppermost layer of the one or more inner transparent structural layers using the color graphic design information;
• printing one or more outer transparent structural layers of the three-dimensional object onto the intermediate color graphic layer;
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• printing an upper color graphic layer of the three-dimensional object onto an outermost layer of the one or more outer transparent structural layer using the color graphic design information, wherein the upper color graphic layer, the intermediate color graphic layer, and the lower color graphic layer collectively visually depict the color graphic image.