like if you wanted to mix paint to get a color from a computer would you do the opposite of what the RGB value is? I'm confused

like if I wanted to take the RBG code R:99, G: 66, B, 33 wouldn't it look more lightful than if I mixed paint into 1 part blue, 2 part green, 3 part red? how would you paint a color code?

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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I said CMYK print is subtractive, did you read my comment?

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  • [+] -9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You're close to getting it. You said RGB is additive. Where in print is RGB additive?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Quick crash course, we're gonna ignore K for simplicity, and assume a basic RGB system. Okay, simplest conversion to CMY is..

    C=1-R
    M=1-G
    Y=1-B
    

    I'm totally skipping over a lot of stuff here, but this is about the simplest conversion for example sake.

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