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Color Profiles & Printing Explained

COLOR Profiles & Printing Explained What's the Difference? CMYK, RGB, and Pantone are industry standards for color profiles. How do they compare and what are their uses? Find out now! CMYK RGB PANTONE RGB refers to the three primary CMYK is the standard color profile for printing. Typically, your printer uses CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, and BLACK inks to print colored images. When all colors are mixed together, a rich black is produced. colors, RED, GREEN and BLUE. RGB colors use light to make their colors bright. If you mix them all together you would get pure white. The Pantone Matching System (PMS) is used to correctly match materials with their corresponding RGB or CMYK colors. This insures that a color looks the same each time it is produced when matched to a Pantone swatch. PANTONEĀ® 247 C CMYK USE RGB USE PMS USE CMYK is used for printed RGB is the color profile used for digital screens and devices. Your screen mixes red, green, and blue light to produce the bright colors you see on your display. Websites, mobile apps, video, etc. are in RGB. Pantone Matching System can be used to accurately match colors for anything from fabrics and paints to t-shirts and printed materials. materials. CMYK colors do not appear as bright as RGB (they are missing the added bonus of a lighted screen). Brochures, business cards, posters, etc. may be printed in CMYK. Juice Co. WIN FREE CUPCAKES 10.45 x 237 23.65 197 PANTONE 247 C PANTONE 143 C 210 PANTONE What About Printing? Knowing the differences between the color profiles can help you to understand how different printing processes work and how those processes will affect your completed project. SPOT COLOR (OFFSET) Spot color printing describes the process where specialized ink or specially blended ink is created to make a perfect match that corresponds to your desired color, such as a Pantone swatch. PANTONE If there is just one color to be printed, there will be a single plate, and a single run of the press. If there are two colors, there will be two plates and two runs, and so on. The colors are layered onto the paper one by one. PANTONE 369 C 350C BEST FOR: Spot color printing would be typically used for jobs which require no full color imagery, such as for business cards and other stationery, or in monotone (or duotone etc) literature such as black and white newspaper print. If you want something printed that has a unique color, like a metallic or fluorescent, spot color printing will be needed. FOUR COLOR (OFFSET) OK 4 Color process printing refers to the CMYK printing process. This means your artwork will be printed using only Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black ink colors. Just like spot color printing, each color is run through one at a time. The layering of each ink color produces a final product with a full color spectrum. BEST FOR: Four color process is the most common form of printing and is best for large batches, like 500 postcards. It produces clear, sharp prints. In some cases it may be possible to do a six-color or eight-color print. This type of process is more expensive, but will produce a wider range of colors. DIGITAL PRINTING Digital printing uses either toner or ink-jet technology. Digital printing might still use CMYK, but all colors are applied at once instead of with the "offset" roller method. Although it has been considered in the past to not be as "crisp" as offset printing, technologies continue to improve and digital printing can produce some great results. BEST FOR: Digital printing is recommended for small batches, like 20 invitations or just one poster. Because digital printing does not require the creation of printing plates, turn-around time is often much faster. The Logo CĀ° Taking Design To New Heights thelogocompany.net

Color Profiles & Printing Explained

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Whether you are printing a single logo or a full promotional brochure, you want your marketing products to look sharp. Given this, it is important to understand the science behind color creation and p...

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