Subtractive color

CMYK & RGB

What color does red and green make? In brief, it creates a shade of brown. But are there any other shades you’ll get? Let’s find out in this article.

Answer (1 of 2): Pink and green with maybe a tiny tiny touch of black. But try not to use the black if you can avoid it. It'll muddy down the color. Then again, given the situation, you might want a bit of muddying. Just don't overdo it. Even a dot of black can affect the color mix more than you'...

Primary Colors of Light and Pigment ...

There are a lot of ways to work with color on the web. I think it’s helpful to understand the mechanics behind what you’re using, and color is no exception.

Recently I was asked to lecture at a college for a course in advanced cinematography.

In Part 2 of our ongoing blog series about color theory, we took a look at active and passive colors and how to incorporate them into your creative designs. Part 3 will examine color from a different perspective by exploring the differences between additive and subtractive color.Unlike other elements of…

There are two systems which determine how we see color - subtractive and additive color.

Which is better, CMYK or RGB, for printing? This is one of the most common questions that we receive here at VisualPro. It’s an excellent question to ask in the designing and printing process. In this post we will discuss the following: What is CMYK?What is RGB?Is CMYK better than RGB?Why does CMYK look different […]

Process colors The four colors used for commercial printing and color photography: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, also abbreviated as CMYK. Cyan, magenta, and yellow are close to the traditional subtractive primary hues of red, yellow, and blue. The CMYK color mode on computer is meant to match with process printing colors.