Four color printing

Four color printing

Four Color Printing: Printing process which uses the combination of four basic colors (CMYK) to create a printed color picture composed from the basic four process colors.

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      Full Color Printing: Printing process which uses the combination of four basic colors (CMYK) to create a printed color picture composed from the basic four process colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black).

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      Color Separations: Refers to the separation of colors in a multi-colored artwork into the basic component colors. For full color printing, a separate film is generated for each of the four colors used to generate a full color art effect: Cyan, ...

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      Magenta: The red color, part of the four basic colors in process or full color printing.

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      CMYK: Abbreviation commonly used in the printing and desktop publishing industries to refer to a color model using four primary colors (also called process colors) used in four color or full color printing: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

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      Process Colors: Cyan (process blue), magenta (process red), yellow (process yellow) and black (process black) inks used in four color printing.