Monday 19 December 2016

OUGD404: RGB &CMYK


RGB &CMYK

CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. If printers are using a digital printing method, they would print colour on paper using CMYK colours. This four colour mode that uses the colours cyan, magenta, yellow and black in different amounts to create all necessary colours when printing images. RGB stands for red green blue. RGB is the colour scheme that is associated with electronic displays, such as LCD monitors, digital cameras and scanners. It’s an additive type of colour mode that mixes primary colours, red, green and blue, it uses variety of different amounts to create different colours. Software such as photo editing programs use the RGB colour mode because it offers the largest range of colour. If the outputs on a computer, RGB is the way. In contrast to if the piece will be printed, CMYK is usually the standard and the best option.

                                           


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