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Subtractive colour processes
Used in colour printing where various amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow filtration are placed over white light to subtract unwanted quantities of red, green or blue.
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Subtractive colour processes
Techniques Glossary Subtractive colour processes
Used in colour printing where various amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow filtration are placed over white light to subtract unwanted quantities of red, green or blue.

subtractive colour
A colour system based on reflected light. Colour CMYK printing is based on the subtractive colour system.
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Subtractive colour mixing
A special method for the production of colour prints that involves layering the colours cyan, magenta, yellow, and black in appropriate proportions, to produce the required colours. (additive colour mixing) ...

Subtractive colour
Combining cyan, magenta and yellow inks (or other colourants ) to create black; each ink subtracts from the white incident light, until nothing is left except black.

Additive and subtractive colour systems.
RGB, CMYK, CIE, and LAB colour explained.
Photographic filters.
Useful filters for digital photography.
The MIRED scale.
Wratten filters.
Colour filtering for specific purposes and the digital equivalent.

Cyan, Magenta and Yellow these are subtractive colours used to make all other colours. Like CMYK, CMY is used in printing to create the reflected colours seen in a print.
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They represent the subtractive colour model, where a combination of 100% of each component yields black and 0% of each yields white. Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the subtractive complements of red, green, and blue respectively.

See also: Print, Light, Magenta, Yellow, Cyan