what does separation color in printing technology mean?

Color separation is the process by which original artwork is separated into individual color components for printing.
The components are cyan, magenta, yellow and black, known as CMYK.
By combining these colors, a wide spectrum of colors can be produced on the printed page.
In this four color printing process, each color is applied to a printing plate.
When the colors are combined on paper (they are actually printed as small dots), the human eye combines the colors to see the final image.

This is a done for printing processes , the objective is to print in full coulour, on a printing press that only allows for4 coulour to duplicate a full colour image, the seperation is done by taking a image, changing the primary colours of the spectrum RED BLUE and GREEN into secondary colours, been Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

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Color separation is the process by which original artwork is separated into individual color components for printing. The components are cyan, magenta, yellow and black, known as CMYK. ... In this four-color printing process, each color is applied to a printing plate

color separation is needed for offset printing to make the CTP for the offset machine 

you can separate your file as process colors or you can separate the file as spot colors

Color Separation is the process of converting an image, such as photograph, into a set of colors that can be printed. Color separations for screen printing can be made using Adobe Photoshop.

this is mean application the 4 separate color (C M Y K ) in 4 stages one by one when talk about print mean have 4 color only not RGB, RGB colors for screen mode 

Color Separation is the process of converting an image, such as photograph, into a set of colors that can be printed. Color separations for screen printing can be made using Adobe Photoshop.

When an image is brought into ®Adobe Photoshop, it is usually in a color mode compatible with the device that it was created on. This is often the RGB color mode, which  is a common mode for digital cameras and computer monitors. The RGB mode is based on the blending of Red, Green and Blue light. To screen print an image, the colors must be converted to a combination of colors compatible with screen printing. The resulting set of colors is called a Color Separation.

Separation typesColor separations for garment printing are generally divided into 3 types:

• Process color• Simulated process• Spot color

You want to Create any design you have to need for mack four colour CMYK

Color separation is the process by which original artwork is separated into individual color components for printing. The components are cyan, magenta, yellow and black, known as CMYK.

colour seperation is the process of producing continous tone images by seperating the artwork into process colours CMYK and spot colour if needed . 

C M Y K   C:  Cyan   M: Megenta  Y: Yellow  K: Black