Short for Cyan, magenta, yellow and (key) black. CMYK is a subtractive colour model, it works by partially or entirely masking certain colours on the typically white background. This colour model is the most frequently used in commercial printing (litho, rotogravure etc). However CMYK has a low colour spectrum compared to other colour models RGB etc.
CMYK
Short for Cyan, magenta, yellow and (key) black. CMYK is a subtractive colour model, it works by partially or entirely masking certain colours on the typically white background. This colour model is the most frequently used in commercial printing (litho, rotogravure etc). However CMYK has a low colour spectrum compared to other colour models RGB etc.