minus-squareShaggyBlarney@lemmy.catoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is #FFFFFF white, but mixing red green and blue paint is black?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoCMYK = Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key. Key is almost always black in the print world because printing 100% CMY comes out as a muddy almost black. Having Key as black also allows for better greyscale and higher definition over CMY alone. linkfedilink
CMYK = Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key. Key is almost always black in the print world because printing 100% CMY comes out as a muddy almost black. Having Key as black also allows for better greyscale and higher definition over CMY alone.