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RGB, CMYK, Pantone, HEX and when each applies

Lesson 10 of 27 in Colour.

CMYK vs Pantone vs RGB - What's the difference? Why does it matter? When to use each? · Print Peppermint - Luxury Print Products
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Four ways of writing down a colour, for four different situations. RGB en.wikipedia.org and HEX are the same thing in different clothes. CMYK en.wikipedia.org is process printing. Pantone en.wikipedia.org is a company whose numbers became the way the world specifies an exact ink.

spot inkoutside bothvisiblesolid line · CMYK · dashed · RGBthe screen cannot show you the ink
The screen gamut, the print gamut and a spot colour outside both.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    What does a Pantone number actually specify?

    • An ink, mixed to a recipe before it reaches the press
    • A screen colour with a guaranteed appearance
    • A percentage mix of cyan, magenta, yellow and black
  2. Question 2, locked

    Why can a printer not reproduce every colour you can see on a screen?

    • Ink on paper can reach fewer colours than emitted light can
    • Printers work at a lower resolution
    • The file loses colour when it is saved
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Red, green, blue light. Screens.”

    • RGB
    • Interpolation space
    • Split complementary
    • Gamut

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