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The CMYK Color Wheel

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By Dawn Pedersen 03/13/2009

CMYK Color Wheel

CMYK Color Wheel

Photoshop and Illustrator CS4CMYK stands for Cyan-Magenta-Yellow and Key color (black). These are the primary colors for the translucent ink used in offset lithography (printing). When you subtract all four CMYK colors, you get the white of the paper (no color). That’s why CMYK is called “subtractive color”. After the jump, learn more!

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Tags: color wheel, Illustrator, interface, Photoshop

categories Illustrator, Photoshop, Tutorials


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