IMAGING GLOSSARYCMY & CMYK
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK.
Computer monitors are additive, but color printers are subtractive. Instead of combining light from monitor phosphors, printers coat paper with colored pigment that removes specific colors from the illumination light.
CMY is the subtractive color model that corresponds to the additive RGB
model. Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the color complements of red, green,
and blue.
Due to the difficulties of manufacturing pigments that produce black when
mixed together, a separate black ink is often used and is referred to as K
(`B' is already used for blue).
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