CMYK Color Model: How Ink Mixing Creates Colors in Print
How the CMYK subtractive color model works in printing. Understand cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) ink mixing and color limitations.
Published:
Tags: color, theory, design
CMYK Color Model: How Ink Mixing Creates Colors in Print A design that looks stunning on your monitor can arrive at the printer looking flat, muddy, and wrong. The culprit is almost always the difference between RGB and CMYK — two color models built on opposite physical principles. If you're a designer working on anything that ends up on paper, knowing CMYK at a mechanical level saves expensive print runs. How Ink Mixing Works: Subtractive Color CMYK is a subtractive color model. Instead of adding light to darkness, you start with white paper (or white light reflecting off paper) and subtract wavelengths from it by layering ink. Each ink absorbs certain wavelengths and reflects others: Cyan ink absorbs red light, reflects green and blue Magenta ink absorbs green light, reflects red and…
All articles · theproductguy.in