RGB (Red,Green,Blue) is the name of the process and the model used in color visualising.
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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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What's the difference between CMYK Black and RGB Black
I know this sounds a stupid question, black is black right?
Wrong:
It's black right? so why are the CMYK Values so far away from black?
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What's the point of converting RGB images to CMYK TIF/TIFF before placing them in InDesign?
Currently we receive CMYK TIF/TIFF images of photographs from our design agency (who get them from the photographer). Our in-house designers then place them in InDesign for posters and magazines, or ...
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How to get standard results in colour management in Linux
I have recently calibrated and profiled my screen, with a ColorHug device.
I'm using Gnome, and have the profile installed through gcm.
When opening an image in GIMP and DigiKam, the results are ...
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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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If I make a design in RGB mode and then change it to CMYK how will it look when it's printed?
I'm making a business card in Photoshop and it needs to be in CMYK mode. Now, I'm using a logo on it that I previously made for the client in RGB mode and when I put it into the CMYK mode business ...
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How does a monitor display the CMYK color? Is it actually showing the true CMYK color?
Just few moments ago I asked a question regarding RGB to CMYK conversion.
say, RGB (86,92,214) the color in my image. Then monitor uses same values for displaying (lightning LEDs, LCDs or CRTs). ...
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Completely different interpretation of Pantone to RGB values depending where I look.
I'm making a web site and have been told the corporate color is pantone 2745.
In illustrator, here, and here it is a deep indigo color.
Here, here, here and here it is a deep violet sort of color.
...
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if you accidently make a document in working CMYK how can you change it to RGB?
if you accidently make a document in proof setup 'working CMYK' is there any easy way to convert the document to RGB without the colours getting washed out?
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Simplest set of inks that could print the RGB gamut?
Artist Tauba Auberbach produced this recently:
It's called RGB Colourspace Atlas, and is a physical, printed book of what it implies is the whole RGB colour space.
Is there an existing ...
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Is there a freely available CMYK color chart that I can print on press and work with?
After reading the answers to my previous questions, How does a monitor display the CMYK color? Is it actually showing the true CMYK color? I'm very much convinced that I need to profile my monitor if ...
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Colouring illustrations - RGB or CMYK?
I am in the process of colouring a series of hand-drawn illustrations in Photoshop using a graphics tablet. The colouring process takes place mostly using Photoshop's native drawing tools - the ...
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PANTONE and color conversions
I have been given a standard color palette. The colors are defined in terms of
PANTONE #### X
for example
PANTONE 1234 C.
Followed by their CMYK, RGB and HSB values.
Another page defines ...
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“Black text has been set up so it prints as 4 colours, rather than just black” - what?
I'm currently dealing with a printer, who I've been working with for a year or two. We've sent off to had one of our brochures reprinted - the same files as last time, except now they're having some ...
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Converting bar code to CMYK “True Black”
I have .tiff. Part of the .tiff is a bar code. My printer is insisting the bar code be converted to 100%K - CMYK "pure black". (Their words)
A couple obstacles:
1) The Bar Code has been scaled up. ...
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Why are my colours outputting so differently in Illustrator
Despite trying various colour profiles across Illustrator and CS5 I seem to keep running into save for web, export and screen-grabs (used as a more accurate last resort) issues where the colours I'm ...
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Getting an Accurate Colour Match in RGB
I'm designing a website at the moment.
The client's corporate colour is PANTONE Black 2C (made up of 70% Black and 30% Yellow).
Now, when printed it comes out very dark but with a hint of yellow. ...
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How to get RYB complementary colors in RGB imaging software
I am looking for a way to get RYB complementary colors in software. This means, complementary color pairs I am looking to get would be:
red - green
yellow - violet
blue - orange
However, when ...
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1answer
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Adobe InDesign: how can I get the CMYK code from a color that I have saved in RGB in the swatches?
I'm making a work for school and I have to put together color palettes for some pictures. I also want to indicate the RGB and the CMYK code but when I get a color from a picture with the Eyedropper ...
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Colour of gradient overlay changes when saving for web and devices in Photoshop CS4
I have an image with a linear gradient overlay (banner image on this page EDF Energy - Our Campaigns. I have set the RGB colour in CS4 to R: 29 G: 31 B: 79. However, when I save the file for web the ...
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Proof printing for the web
I had this debate with a colleague and we didn't see anything solid or something from a search that would answer this with certainty so I thought I would open it here. You are designing a website or ...
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How do I use a RGB image/layer with a Greyscale image/layer?
I'm using Photoshop CS4 and have a project where I'm using a layer/section of brushed chrome and another adjacent layer/section in charcoal carbon fiber (pattern) background. On the CF layer, I'm ...
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Translation of Hex Colours to RGB Colours?
Apparently Illustrator and Photoshop uses different colour settings - Illustrator uses RGB and Photoshop uses some hex/HTML-like colour system with a combination of letters and numbers. Is there any ...
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Problem converting color from RGB to CMYK for print
I designed a poster in CorelDraw X5 for printing purposes. I was told by the Printshop guy to use colors only in CMYK. For the most part I did, I don't know why I missed it but I used one color in RGB ...
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how to change the workspace color window from RGB to CMYK mode in Illustrator CS5.1?
I'm using Illustrator CS5.1 and started a new document in RGB mode. When I change the color mode to CMYK under File->Document Color Mode->CMYK Color, the Color window in my workspace doesn't change ...
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Color space term? (RGB / I values)
I found ascii document with 3d data. It was said:
ascii text file of point cloud with RGB / I values
Here you can see part of document:
0.805, 10.301, -1.860, 165, 66, 65, 66
0.806, 10.311, ...
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Photoshop CS4: PDF subsequent saves toggle between dark and light black output?
I'm working in several CMYK .PSD documents. Whenever I save them as .PDF, the first PDF generated always appears as a more rich RGB-looking black (on-screen at least). Changing maybe a few ...
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Color palettes - RAL to hex or RGB
I'm looking for a way to transform the RAL color palette to hex or RGB so I can use the colors in CSS (all/any of them).
Is there an XML file someone can point me to, or a database somewhere, that's ...
