![]() This is a Color Gamut, which defines a range within the spectrum of colors or color space, that can be reproduced on an output device. The more color added to RGB, the lighter the result. Simply put, the fundamental difference is the more color added in CMYK mode, the darker the result. All those dots next to each other become the picture we see on our computer or television screen.įor printing, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black are mixed with a similar concept the tiny dots of four colors are placed very, very close together and rely on the human eye to combine them when viewing. ![]() The human eye automatically mixes such small Red, Green, and Blue lights at different levels, so we see whatever color was intended. Screen technology uses the RGB color mixing type to light millions of tiny little dots that make the screen if you turn off the lights, the dot/pixel will appear black. Understanding the differences in the mixing types will prepare you for card printing and designing, and how color matching will behave when you move from your design program to the physical card. When these two technologies integrate, there can sometimes be complications if you’re expecting one technology to behave like the other colors will only surprise or disappoint you. The other is CMYK, and we see this in printed material, like enterprise ID cards, where colors also combine but with increasing darkness until a full mix will give us the appearance of black ink. ![]() RGB – Red/Green/Blue, affects what we see on computer and television screens, where colors and light are mixed in increasing brightness until you achieve white light when turned up to the maximum. There are two different color technologies at work when it comes to the colors we produce. ![]()
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