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Someone needs to do a "what computer scientists don't know about color" article. Like, in CYMK is black <0,0,0,1> or <1,1,1,1>? Depends.
by TylerE 3y ago
Someone needs to do a "what computer scientists don't know about color" article.
Like, in CYMK is black <0,0,0,1> or <1,1,1,1>? Depends.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoIs this a graphics designers' equivalent to the difference between 0 and -0?
- TylerE 3y agoNo, on actual paper one is darker and more saturated than the other. Unlike RGB, CMYK is subtractive, so “all of everything” gives you black, not white. https://www.rightbydelzer.com/standard-black-vs-rich-black https://www.rightbydelzer.com/standard-black-vs-rich-black
- TeMPOraL 3y agoDigitally these should be equivalent. Physically, I'd assume it's just as likely that adding CMY pigments would dilute the K and make it less purely black - but, per link you shared, it seems it's the opposite, and I didn't even realize this is an actual technique. Thanks for posting!
- TylerE 3y agoThey aren’t using water based ogments. Dilution isn’t a thing.
- j16sdiz 3y ago<1,1,1,1> exceeds the ink-limit, try <.4,.4,.4,1>