C O L O R S

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C O L O R S

• PRINT VS MULTIMEDIA

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Main Difference

• Print
• Primary Colors
• CMYK
• Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black - Subtractive Color
  system
• Add together black

• Multimedia
• Primary Colors
• RGB
• Red, Green, Blue
• Additive Color system
• Add together white

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CYMK

• Subtractive ColorColor system in which cyan,
  magenta, and yellow are subtracted from white to
  produce other colors.
• MagentaReddish - purple color which reflects
  blue and red while absorbing green.
• CyanA greenish - blue color, absorbing red light
  and reflecting green and blue light.
• YellowA subtractive color which reflects green
  and red while absorbing blue.

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Additive Color System

• Refers to the combination in varying proportions
  of red, green, and blue light to create the
  colors of the palette.
• See font selection in PPT for example. (more
  colors custom)

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Summary

• Warning Mixing colors in HTML is directly
  opposite from mixing colors with paint. Low
  amounts of color make dark shade high amounts of
  color make bright shades. With HTML, you are
  mixing light, not paint.
• http//www.devshed.com/Client_Side/Multimedia/Web_
  Graphics/print_html

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More info

• There is a fundamental difference between color
  and pigment.
• Color represents energy radiated by a luminous
  object such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) or a
  light-emitting diode (LED).
• Primary colors red (R), green (G), and blue
  (B).
• When you see a red area on a CRT, it looks red
  because it radiates a large amount of light in
  the red portion of the electromagnetic radiation
  spectrum (around 750 nanometers), and much less
  at other wavelength.

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More info

• Pigments, as opposed to colors, represent energy
  that is not absorbed by a substance such as ink
  or paint.
• The primary pigments are cyan (C), magenta (M),
  and yellow (Y). Sometimes black (K) is also
  considered a primary pigment, although black can
  be obtained by combining pure cyan, magenta, and
  yellow in equal and large amounts.
• When you see yellow ink on a page, it looks
  yellow because it absorbs most energy at all
  visible wavelengths except in the yellow portion
  of the spectrum (around 600 nanometers), where
  most of the energy is reflected.

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Sources

• http//www.nikmultimedia.com/usa/resources/publica
  tions/glossary.shtmlprimarycolors sharpening
  example