Monday, August 11, 2003

Color Note

Their are several limitations on what can be simulated with process colors. Many Pantone colors are simply not reproducible with process colors. Since process colors use Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black to create the other colors, you can imagine you would have more success simulating colors that are close to one of these colors to start with. Cyan and Magenta make a dark purple, Magenta and Yellow make a red, Cyan and Yellow make a green. But these builds tend to be very dark, and a little dull. Make sure you look at a Pantone Process Color Build sample book to see how successfully the colors you want can be built with process colors.

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