CMYK? Confused please help
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- horton0
just reading this now and i don't understand why you could possibly need the %'s to add up to 100.. it'd be totally irrelevant as they do not equate to a whole of anything.
Just to help explain.. think of CMYK percentages as like transparency values in PS, or better yet, buckets of paint..
ie.. 2 parts of yellow mixed with 1 part magenta (or 100Y, 50M) equals orange. the quantity of paint you end up with is not an issue.
- monNom0
you can specify rgb values as % by dividing the 0-255 (8 bit)number by 2.55.
therefor 50% in all channels equals 128 in all channels
not sure if this helps.. maybe you can tell us what you're trying to do?
- Antonelli0
I just picture you running around yelling "THE COLORS MUST EQUAL 100%! THE COLORS MUST EQUAL 100%!"
gruntt
(Mar 6 06, 07:46)lollllllllllllllll
- skelly0
hahaha. the beginning of this thread is like NT gold. I want to print it out and frame it.
- Antonelli0
hilarious
- tparsons0
This is absolutely one of the funniest threads EVER!!!!!!
- denvergreenbud0
The 'OCD' comment and response was pure genius...made my week and it's only monday.
- JG_LB0
what would happen if i added two pantones? would it go to 150%??
haha
- designaked0
WTF IS CMYK?
- ants0
It would make sense if you were mixing paints to get something like the colour you'd get on a computer. Because then you would be speaking about volumes and not percentages of colour at all.
1 tin of paint would be 100% of the colour, so split it up into four to equal 100% and what would you need to put in?
I can see the logic in that.
- MLP0
you are fired
- spendogg0
when you physically mix ink you measure out the powder - there are ratios, not percentages.
I love this thread - I had to read the initial post several times - I thought i was going crazy.
- MLP0
when do you mix ink? if you're going for a certain color, use a pantone color. they're brighter, consistent, etc.
- _me_0
i used to have an art director who pronounced CMYK values as "seemick values"
Drove me nuts...
- tparsons0
Even PMS (Pantone) colors are mixed using other colors.
- BonRickles0
every dot that is layed down on the paper coming off of each roller is 100% though. the proximity of each dot makes the visual mixes. Im curious what the science is to lay these dots down.
For instance, are the mixes meant to be seen 6" from your eyes, 7", 12"? The more you back away from a printed piece the more they blend and muddy.
just a thought.
and dont laugh at the dude for asking, its an important question for people getting into this
- 4cY0
right on, Bon!!
- mirrorball0
By the way never send a job to a printer with a superduper black ie. 100% of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.
The printer will give you a dirty look blacker than the ink mix!
300% max