| Question |
Answer |
| Substrate |
The vehicle that carries the image |
| CMYK |
The colors of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black that form the subtractive color space |
| Metamerism |
The term that describes what happens to printed piece when viewed under different light sources |
| Rosette |
The visual pattern formed by printing screens of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black at 30 degree angles. |
| RGB |
The colors of Red, Green and Blue generally used to describe an additive color space |
| Spot Color |
Colored ink printed that is NOT Cyan, Magenta, Yellow or Black |
| Moire |
A visual pattern formed when the improper use of screen angles are combined |
| Color Separation |
Artwork split into component plates of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black in preparation for process printing (CMYK) or into the required number of plates for spot color printing. |
| Pantone Matching System (PMS) |
The most commonly used ink mixing and color reference system in offset printing. |
| Gamut |
The greatest possible range of colors in any color system. |
| Color space |
A three-dimensional area where color attributes such as hue, value and chroma can be visually depicted. |
| Density |
A term used to describe the tonal value of an area. A darker tone has a higher value than a lighter tone. |
| Process Color |
Four inks (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, or CMYK ) printed on paper in layers of dots that combine to create the illusion of many more colors. |
| Interpolation |
Pixels created based on the color density of adjoining pixels on an image. |
| ICC Profile |
A set of data that characterizes a color input or output device or a color space, according to standards published by the International Color Consortium (ICC). |
| Saturation |
The degree to which a color differs from gray of the same brightness. |
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