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What is the difference between CMYK and RGB? Are there other color spaces I should know?
I'm a photographer, who dabbles in graphic design from time to time as well. What are the differences between the various color spaces?
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Choosing colors that work well on projectors
When specifying colors for use in a software user interface, what's the best way to ensure that those colors will look acceptable on all common display technologies: CRT, LCD, and in particular ...
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RGB and CMYK: Why both?
Any of you who have at least little experience with graphic design software, photography or professional printing, must have -almost undoubtedly- have gone through this: 'the struggle' of RGB and CMYK ...
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Color loss during colorspace conversions
Why are conversions from a smaller colorspace to a "larger" one often lossy? How can a smaller gamut have colors that cannot be represented in a larger (overlapping) gamut?
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How to calculate other colors with the same perceived lightness as a given gray value?
This is related to a question I asked on tex.stackexchange, which has a color aspect. The result of that question is the following image:
I have drawn a series of gray squares on the left, with a ...
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Laptop screen for digital design
I am searching for a laptop with a screen that is suitable for digital design purposes
What I am particularly concerned about is a statement made by a poster (on here):
(the objective is to) make ...
