offset printing Archives - RESPONSIVE Printing https://responsiveprint.com.au Printers CMYK & Digital Business Discount Printing Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://responsiveprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-RP-site-icon6-32x32.png offset printing Archives - RESPONSIVE Printing https://responsiveprint.com.au 32 32 What is CMYK Process Printing? https://responsiveprint.com.au/cmyk/what-is-cmyk-process-printing/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:18:02 +0000 http://www.print-printers-printing-quotes.com.au/?p=366 CMYK coloursTo reproduce full-color photographic images, typical printing presses use 4 colors of ink. The four inks are placed on the paper in layers of dots that combine to create the illusion of many more colors. CMYK refers to the 4 ink colors used by the printing press — the the subtractive primaries plus black.

C is cyan (a blue-green color), M is magenta (a reddish pink color), Y is yellow, and K is a pure black ink, the key plate or keyline color.

A mistake often made when submitting artwork for 4-color printing is not converting the images to the CMYK color space. This is needed so that the file can be separated into the four colors (see example) so that a separate printing plate can be made for each of the colors.

Also Known As: 4-color | process colors
Alternate Spellings: CYMK

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