Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 10 years ago. Improve this question Seeing as how the three primary colors are cyan, magenta and yellow (CMY), why do monitors and almost all the GUI components out … Read more
I’m trying to make a tint of a color in illustrator but can’t figure out how to do that with CMYK colors. With pantone colors, you’re usually able to make a tint by selecting the swatch and clicking the color window, like so: However, when I try to do the same with CMYK colors, I … Read more
I’m working with a graphic designer to design a book cover for a self-published title of mine on Amazon. The purple in the cover image becomes dull when converted to the required CMYK. Original Image This is what it looks like after being converted. The designer has adjusted the hue and saturation levels before the … Read more
Thanks in advance for your help! I have been asked to fix a customer supplied ad targeted for CMYK newsprint. It is a .psd doc. The printer has asked that the file be supplied with the background image, which is separating as rich black, be created in 100% K as it is offsetting, and will … Read more
Are there standard colours of squares or lines printed on a paper? Or I can choose gray, green or blue CMYK colours and ask printing company to print squares in my particular colour? Answer You can use Cyan or Black or any pure cmyk (not a mix of cmyk), it should be the same price. … Read more
My question is related to this one: What’s the point of converting RGB images to CMYK TIF/TIFF before placing them in InDesign? I am preparing some artwork in Illustrator, which contains some bitmaps created in Photoshop. The printer has asked for PDF format, 300dpi CMYK with ‘no embedded colour profile’. I am unsure of the … Read more
I work in prepress production at a publishing house and often times only have access to .PDF cover files which contain spot (pantone) colors from their former offset printing days. Because I set up these files for digital printing, spot colors are NOT an option. What is the most professional way to convert these spot … Read more
I’m currently working on a calendar design on Adobe Illustrator CC with CMYK color setting. From what I knew from my self-taught experience, we should prepare our files in CMYK format for printing purposes (I always export them as a .JPEG with CMYK colors). But one of my friends said that I should prepare my … Read more
EDit: The Image is in RGB mode and it needs to be saved as an PNG! I need to change the CMYK values of a logo to C:16%, M:100%, Y:79%, K:5%. But after I confirm these values, no matter what method I use to change the color, I get these values: C:17%, M:99%, Y:79%, K:5%. … Read more
My file is CMYK, but it has a Link to an RGB PSD file as a transparency mask. The file renders properly in illustrator (the preview), but whenever I try to export to any other format, the colors are messed up. When I converted the RGB PSD file (transparency mask) to CMYK within Illustrator, I … Read more
