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Louis · 07-19-2006, 09:08 AM

Another subtlety is that RGB colors are additives while CMYK colors are substractives.

increasing all the colors in RGB gives you white (additive)
increasing all the colors in CMYK gives you black (substractive)

For more info:
http://www.rgbworld.com/color.html

Edit: even better explanation:
http://www.sketchpad.net/basics4.htm

07-19-2006, 09:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
Louis v7n Mentor Join Date: 01-12-04 Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada Posts: 1,102 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: Quelques nouveautés	Another subtlety is that RGB colors are additives while CMYK colors are substractives. increasing all the colors in RGB gives you white (additive) increasing all the colors in CMYK gives you black (substractive) For more info: http://www.rgbworld.com/color.html Edit: even better explanation: http://www.sketchpad.net/basics4.htm __________________ SignéLouis.ca, Handturned Exotic Woods Pen and Keychains LouisWorld.ca, my personal blog.