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Additive Color (RGB) is created by mixing a number of different light colors. When you add up all of these colors, you create white light.
Subtractive Color (CYMK) is used to mask colors on a lighter background. The ink reduces the light that would be reflected off of your white paper. It subtracts brightness from white.
Pros of Working in RGB
• RGB offers a wider range of colors• There is more information stored with RGB files. The
printer has a better chance of matching these colors when printing.
• Once you convert to CMYK, you loose information in your colors and are no longer to gain that information back.
• RGB file sizes are about 25% smaller than CMYK• Images are web ready• Many filters and functions in Photoshop are only
available with RGB color profiles
• In order to keep as much information as possible, we will be working in adobe RGB and then converting profiles before printing.
• Before converting to CMYK, make sure you save an RGB file for backup.