Your web designer keeps asking for things in RGB and your printer needs them in CMYK. You've always wondered what the difference is and now its time to dig in and find out!
Your computer monitor will emit color by merging red, green and blue light (RGB). All colors of the visible spectrum can be produced in this way, however your screen is only capable of displaying a limited range of these colors.When you go to print the paper itself absorbs or reflects specific wavelengths. The colors cyan, magenta and yellow serve as filters to subtract varying degrees of red, green and blue from white light to produce a selective range of colors.
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