Fundamentals - Colour - Colour in Design

3 important questions on Fundamentals - Colour - Colour in Design

Which colours are used in print?

Cyan, magenta, yellow and black/key. This is called the CMYK colour wheel.

How are mixed colours printed?

They are printed in sequence, overlapping each other, as dots in a regular pattern. This is a form of pointillism.

Which three colours are used in computer screens?

Red, green and blue, or the RGB colour wheel. These are cells that are turned on or off to produce certain colours of light and next to each other (like pointillism), they can produce millions of different colours.

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