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FAQ: Which color system should I work with?

Printing colors:

CMYK / Euroscale
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (black) are process colors used for 4-color printing. Euroscale is an european standardized chart based on this system. Offset printing uses four printing plates, corresponding to each one of the process color s. But also digital printers, ink jet or laser, work with this system.

Pantone
International color system consisting of more than 1,000 solid colors and mixtures. These are mainly divided into Pantone Coated (for coated paper), Uncoated (coated paper) and solid-to-process (pantone to CMYK, Euroscale).

 

Monitor colors:

RGB
RGB is an additive color space, which is produced by mixing three primary colors (red, green and blue) . RGB is a color space only suitable for the reproduction of color in self-luminous systems (displays, monitors, video projectors, camera, etc.). RGB is not suitable for printing!

Web-safe colors
The Web-safe color palette was developed in a time when most computers could only display 256 different colors (8 bit). The Web-safe colors are indicated ​​in hexadecimal values of RGB. This two digits denote the intensity of each of the three color channels red, green and blue in that order. So for example #FF0000 is Red, # 00FF00 Green and #0000FF Blue. Due to the prolifeartion of video cards and monitors that can display a color depth of 24-bit or greater, this limited range of web-safe colors has actually become meaningless, being however still widely used.

 

Objects:

RAL
Palette of predefined colors. Used mainly for surface and wall paint. Originally RAL (Committee for delivery conditions) served the standardization of color use in the public domain (eg, 3000 Fire Red for fire engines). Use: Outdoor advertising, laminates, machines, furniture etc.

 

Good to know!

The reproduction of a color with other color schemes or charts is only remotely possible. This is due to the different types of color composition and the different range of each chart. An exact match of a color shade between two systems is very rare.

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