CMYK colors

CMYK

The CMYK color scheme is a set of four basic printing inks (colors) that are commonly used in printing. A set of these colors may also be called process colors or triad colors. The abbreviation CMYK was created as a combination of the first letters of the names of colors in English. The final letter K means either the last letter of the word black (black) – the last one, due to the fact that the letter B is an abbreviation of the primary color in the analogous abbreviation RGB, or it comes from the abbreviation key color. CMYK consists of 4 colors:

• Cyan (C) – a shade of blue, although slightly paler and more faded. The most similar colors are blue, sapphire and turquoise.
• Magenta (M) – is the color obtained as a result of mixing red and blue. The most similar colors are fuchsia, crimson and amaranth.
• Yellow (Y) – as the name suggests, a color very similar to yellow, but slightly paler than saturated yellow.
• Black (K) – it is black, but it is not very deep black.

The paints of the above-mentioned colors are not clearly defined, so the shades may slightly differ between different manufacturers, especially if they are in other regions of the world.