Multi-Color: Printing in more than one ink color (Polychrome Printing.) | |
Single Color: Printing in one ink color. | |
Gradient: A blend from one color to another. | |
Half-Tone: A pattern of dots arranged on an imaginary grid to simulate shades of gray or levels of color. | |
The CMYK colors |
CMYK: Used in color printing. The CMYK color model simulates a full range of color by mixing varying percentages of four primary colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. When these colors are printed on surface, they subtract from white light that reflects off the page, creating the illusion of color; for this reason, CMYK is a “subtractive” color model. Almost all color printing is done by using these four colors; color printing done this way is called “4-color” or process printing. |