like if you wanted to mix paint to get a color from a computer would you do the opposite of what the RGB value is? I’m confused
like if I wanted to take the RBG code R:99, G: 66, B, 33 wouldn’t it look more lightful than if I mixed paint into 1 part blue, 2 part green, 3 part red? how would you paint a color code?
RGB is additive color, best for light emitting displays such as your phone or computer screen.
CMY(K) is subtractive color, the opposite/negative of RGB.
CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK) are used as standard printing colors, because they don’t emit light, they reflect whatever light that they don’t absorb.
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.
K stands for key. Not black. Depending on the color of the stock the ink uses for the key could be white(on black stock.)
Fair point for non-white stock, gotcha.