Printer base colors

In the process, the basic colors are understood as four colors of the subtractive color model CMYK (C – cyan, cyan; M – magenta, magenta; Y – yellow, yellow; K – blacK, black). The CMYK color model describes real-life dyes that are used in the printing industry and in large-format printing equipment. The four CMYK base colors are minimum required for color printing, because By mixing these colors in certain proportions, you can theoretically get any others.

Additional printer colors

However, CMYK printers do not handle gradients well ( smooth transitions from color to color). To expand the color gamut and improve the naturalness of color rendering, two additional light colors Light Magenta (light magenta) and Light Cyan (light cyan) were added to the basic CMYK colors. It was the color cartridge with six colors that became the main difference between Epson photo printers in the Stylus Photo line.

Because the base regular and optional light inks have different dye concentrations, more High Quality highlight printing - no graininess in highlight areas. It became possible to reproduce 4 times (!) large quantity shades. For example, the traditionally wider color gamut for printing on fabrics has been expanded to - CMYK + Blue. Today the accepted scheme in digital inkjet printing for textiles is CMYK + Orange (Red) + Blue.

In 1994, the Pantone Hexachrome (CMYKOG) color model was proposed. Two new colors have been added to the four CMYK colors: green (G) and orange (O). Thanks to this, many Pantone shades became available (up to 90%), while CMYK conveyed about 50%. And the range of reproduced CMYKOG colors exceeds the RGB color gamut.

Today, Epson UltraChrome HDR pigment inks provide 98% of the Pantone color gamut. The set includes 10 ink colors: standard or matte black, grey, light grey, cyan, light cyan, rich magenta, rich light magenta, yellow, green and orange.

White and metallic began to be used as additional colors, making it possible to print bright images with a bright white color and a metallic printing effect on films, vinyl, canvas, photo paper, etc. For example, the second generation eco-solvent ink Epson UltraChrome GSX contains white ink and silver metallic. However, it’s worth mentioning right away that this ink has a special chemical composition and their cost is quite high. The ink is not designed for continuous filling; we are talking about fragmentary use on dark and transparent media.

For getting perfect result on various types The paper is specially designed with 2 types of black ink. For printing on matte media - Matte Black, which guarantees the deepest possible black color, and for glossy and semi-gloss media - Photo Black.

It is worth remembering that the color scheme cannot be changed. For example, a user cannot upgrade an 8-color printer to a 10-color model. And vice versa, in the 10-color model you cannot block additional colors.

Colors in clothes refresh a woman's complexion. In addition, the tonic effect of pink improves blood circulation and accelerates cell metabolism.

We will focus on the most popular shades of pink - raspberry, magenta, fuchsia and lavender (lavender pink).

Raspberry is an explosive mixture of fiery and extravagant hot pink and cold and calculating. For all its brightness, the clothing is not perceived as overly feminine - sensual, naive or setting up a romantic mood, which means it can be worn by an 18-year-old girl, and (and especially in combination with dark colors).

Raspberry goes well with neutral black and white. Clothes like this color scheme It is appropriate both during the day - for a business style look, and in the evening. In addition to black and white, raspberry can be combined with green, light green, yellow-light green or orange.

An outfit in raspberry-green and raspberry-orange tones is most appropriate for evening outings or weekends.

Magenta color in clothes

In fact, magenta is a whole group of colors, which are obtained by mixing in certain proportions and blue colors. Due to the fact that magenta color consists of two waves different lengths, magenta cannot be called either a cold or warm color. As a result, magenta suits almost all girls and women, plump and thin, and young and not so young.

The dye used as a color standard is magenta, which was first obtained in 1859 in Italy shortly after the battle near the Italian town of Magenta. Initially, the Italians called this color magenta, but a year later, in 1860, they renamed it mangenta in order to perpetuate the memory of the soldiers who fought for Magenta.

The magenta color group includes 3 colors:

Original magenta color

This is the color of 1860 (also called deep magenta), see swatch:

Typographic color magenta

This color appeared in 1980 and was widely used in printing and looked like this:

Electronic magenta (fuchsia)

Electronic magenta is the popular fuchsia color that almost never leaves the catwalks. This color has a characteristic shade, making fuchsia in clothes look more noble, elegant and sophisticated compared to pink.

One of the fuchsia shades - ultra- or shocking pink - first appeared on the catwalks with light hand designer and one of the main fashion reformers Elsa Schiaparelli in 1936.

In fuchsia (or electronic magenta) color There are many shades: this is pale magenta, or light pink:

Pale magenta or pink:

Ultra pink:

And finally shocking pink color in clothing or, as it is sometimes called, neon pink, the appearance of which we owe to the Italian Schiaparelli.

When you need to mix primary colors and get your favorite purple, green, orange shades, the method of obtaining them depends on many factors. The question is, are you mixing pigments or light? We'll tell you how to work with any materials and share ways to get all the colors of the rainbow!

Steps

Mixing colors: subtractive colors

Take paints. Any kind of paint will do - even those used on furniture or walls - but it is best (and cleanest) to practice with a few small tubes of oil or acrylic paint. First, let's see what happens if we mix just two colors - red and blue.

• Note: Black can be obtained by mixing existing colors. Black pigment, of course, exists, but its use is too conspicuous. It is better to obtain dark colors by mixing transparent primary colors: shadows also have shades, depending on the time of day and other factors.
• Read the "Other Tips" section below for guidance on choosing the best magenta and cyan.

1. Mix red and blue. Everyone knows that red and blue when mixed give purple, is not it? Indeed, but it's not that bright, vibrant purple. Instead they form something like this:

   • Not very pleasing to the eye? This is because red and blue absorb more and reflect less of the spectrum, producing a dark, dirty purple instead of a vibrant and bright one.

2. Now try this: mix magenta with a little cyan and you will see the difference. This time you will get something like this:

   

   • Magenta is a shade of purple, cyan is a blue-green shade, often called royal blue or turquoise. Along with yellow, they are the primary colors in the CMYK model, which is based on a subtractive color scheme (producing color by subtracting individual components from white). This scheme is used in printing, including color printers.
   • You can see that using true primary colors - magenta and cyan - results in a much brighter, more vibrant hue. If you want a deeper purple, add more blue. For a deep purple, add black.

3. Mix pigments to create primary and secondary colors. There are 3 main color pigments: cyan, magenta and yellow. There are also 3 secondary colors obtained by mixing two primary colors:

   • Cyan + yellow = green
   • Cyan + magenta = blue
   • Magenta + yellow = red
   • Cyan + magenta + yellow = black
   • In subtractive color mixing, the combination of all colors produces black.

4. "Read the information below. The section "Mixing Paints" gives more detailed recommendations for obtaining a wide variety of shades, including light, dark and grayish. The Tips section provides an extensive list of colors and combinations you can use to get those colors on your palette.

   Light mixing: additive colors

   1. Take a look at your monitor. Look at the white areas on this page and get as close as possible. Even better if you have a magnifying glass. When you bring your eyes closer to the screen, you will see not white, but red, green and blue dots. Unlike pigments, which work by absorbing color, light is additive, meaning it works by adding up light streams. Cinema screens and displays, whether it's a 60-inch plasma TV or the 3.5-inch Retina display in your iPhone, use an additive method of mixing colors.

      Mix light to create primary and secondary colors. As with subtractive colors, there are 3 primary and 3 secondary colors obtained by mixing the primary colors. The result may surprise you:

      • Mixing red + blue = magenta
      • Mixing blue + green = cyan
      • Mixing green + red = yellow
      • In additive color mixing, the combination of all colors produces white.
      • Please note that primary additive colors are secondary subtractive colors, and vice versa. How can it be? Know that the effect of subtractive color is a combined process: it absorbs some colors, and we perceive what remains, that is, reflected light. Reflected color is the color of the luminous flux that remains when all other colors have been absorbed.

   Modern color theory

   1. Understand the subjective nature of color perception. Human perception and identification of color depend on both objective and subjective factors. While scientists can detect and measure light down to the nanometer, our eyes perceive a complex combination of not only hue, but also color saturation and brightness. This circumstance is further complicated by the way we see the same color on different backgrounds.

      Hue, saturation and lightness are the three dimensions of color. We can say that any color has three dimensions: hue, saturation and lightness.

      • Tone characterizes the position of a color on the color wheel - red, orange, yellow, and so on, including all intermediate colors, such as red-orange or orange-yellow. Here are some examples: Pink refers to a magenta or red tone (or anything in between). Brown refers to the orange tone because brown is dark orange.
      • Saturation- this is what the rich give, bright color, like on a rainbow or color wheel. Pale, dark and muted colors (shades) are less saturated.
      • Lightness shows how close a color is to white or black, regardless of color. If you take a black and white photograph of flowers, you can tell which ones are lighter and which ones are darker.
        • For example, bright yellow is a relatively light color. You can lighten it up even more by adding white and making it a pale yellow.
        • Bright blue is naturally dark and low on the light scale, while dark blue is even lower.

   Mixing paints

   1. Follow these instructions to get any color you want. Magenta, yellow and cyan are primary subtractive colors, which means that they can be mixed to create any other color, but they themselves cannot be obtained from other colors. Primary subtractive colors are used when mixing pigments such as inks, dyes and paints.

      Low saturation colors (soft colors) come in three main types: light, dark and muted.

      Add white to get lighter colors. Any color can be lightened by adding white to it. To achieve a very light color, it is better to add the base color to the white a little at a time so as not to waste excess paint.

      Add black to get dark colors. Any color can be darkened by adding black to it. Some artists prefer to add a complementary color that is opposite a given color on the exact CMY/RGB color wheel. For example, green can be used to darken magenta and magenta can be used to darken green because they are opposite each other on the color wheel. Add black or complementary color a little at a time so as not to overdo it.

      Add white and black (or white and a complementary color to the original) to create muted, grayish colors. By varying the relative amounts of black and white flowers, you can get any desired level of lightness and saturation. For example: add white and black to yellow to get light olive. Black will darken yellow, turning it into olive green, and white will lighten that olive green. Different shades of olive green can be achieved by adjusting the amount of color added.

      • To achieve a desaturated color such as brown (dark orange), you can adjust the hue in the same way as for bright orange - by adding a large number of nearby colors on the color wheel: magenta, yellow, red or orange. They will make the brown brighter while changing its shade. But since brown is not a bright color, you can also use colors on the other sides of the triangle, such as green or blue, which will darken the brown while changing its hue.

   2. Get black. This can be done by mixing any two colors that are mutually complementary, as well as three or more colors that are equidistant from each other on the color wheel. Just don't add white or any color containing white unless you want a shade of gray. If the resulting black leans too much toward a particular color, neutralize it by adding a little complementary color to that color.

      Don't try to get white. White cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. Like the three primary colors - magenta, yellow and cyan - you will have to buy them, unless, of course, you are working with materials like watercolor, for which paper itself is used instead of white if necessary.

      Develop an action plan. Think about the hue, lightness, and saturation of the color you have and the color you want, and make adjustments accordingly.

      • For example, the shade of green can be brought closer to cyan or yellow - its neighbors on the color wheel. It can be lightened by adding white. Or darken it by adding black or a complementary color, namely purple, magenta or red, depending on the shade of green. You can tone it down by adding black and white, or make the desaturated green a little brighter by adding (bright) green.
      • One more example. You mixed red and white to make pink, but the pink came out too bright and warm (yellowish). To correct the warm shade, you will have to add a little magenta. To tone down hot pink, add white, a complementary color (or black), or both. Decide if you want a darker pink (add only the complementary color), a grayish pink (add white and the complementary color), or just a lighter pink (add only the white). If you plan to adjust the hue with magenta and tone down the pink with green or cyan (complementary to magenta and red), you can try combining the two by using a color between magenta and cyan, such as blue.

   3. Mix paints and start creating a masterpiece! If all of this seems overwhelming, you just need a little practice. Creating a color guide for your own needs - good way Practice using the principles of color theory. Even by printing it from your computer, you will provide yourself with useful information at a time when you do not yet have practice and cannot work on an intuitive level.

   Samples of colors and methods for obtaining them

   • Select the color you want and follow the instructions below. Each sample provides a range of possibilities; you can adjust the amount of paint you use to get exactly the color you want. For example, any light color can be lightened or darkened by adding more or less white. Complementary, or complementary, colors are colors that are opposite each other on the RGB/CMY color wheel.
   • Red: Add a little yellow or orange to the magenta.
     • Light red (salmon pink, coral): Add white to red. Use less white and more red to get coral.
     • Dark red: Add a little black (or cyan) to the red. Cyan is complementary to red.
     • Muted red: Add white and black (or cyan) to red.
   • Yellow: Yellow cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. You'll have to buy it.
     • Light yellow: Add white to yellow.
     • Dark yellow (olive green): Add a little black (or purple-blue) to the yellow. Violet-blue is complementary to yellow.
     • Muted yellow (light olive): Add white or black (or violet-blue) to yellow.
   • Green: Mix cyan and yellow.
     • Light green: Add white to green.
     • Dark green: Add a little black (or magenta) to the green. Magenta is complementary to green.
     • Grey-green: Add white and black (or magenta) to green.
   • Cyan (turquoise blue): Cyan cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. You'll have to buy it.
     • Light cyan: Add white to cyan.
     • Dark cyan: Add a little black (or red) to the cyan. Red is complementary to cyan.
     • Grey-blue: Add white and black (or red) to the cyan.
   • Purple Blue: Mix magenta with cyan or blue.
     • Light violet blue (lavender): Add white to the purple-blue.
     • Dark violet blue: Add a little black (or yellow) to the purple-blue. Yellow is complementary to violet.
     • Grayish-violet-blue: Add white and black (or yellow) to the purple-blue.
   • Violet: Mix magenta with a little cyan, blue or violet blue.
     • Light purple: Add white to purple.
     • Dark purple: Add some black (or lime green) to the purple. Lime green is complementary to purple.
     • Muted purple: Add white and black (or lime green) to the purple.
   • Black: Black can be created by mixing any two complementary colors or three equidistant colors on the precise CMY/RGB color wheel, such as red, green and blue. If instead of pure black you got dark color, correct it by adding a color that is complementary to it.
   • White: White cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. You'll have to buy it. For a warm white (such as cream), add a little yellow. To get a cool white, add a little cyan.
   • Grey: Gray is a mixture of black and white.
   • When mixing paints, add a little at a time to adjust the color. You can always add more. This is especially true when working with black and blue, which tend to dominate other colors. Add a little at a time until you achieve the desired result.
   • To find out if a color is complementary, use your own eyes. It's an old trick: look closely at a color, then look away at a white surface. Due to “color fatigue” in the eyes, you will see the opposite color.
   • Choosing primary colors when purchasing can be difficult. Look for magenta that does not contain white or blue pigments (PW and PB). The best pigments are violet and red pigments such as PV19 and PR122. Good cyan PB15:3. PB15 and PG7 are also good. If you need artist paints or glazes, you can try using a printer to match the colors. Print a sample from your computer to take with you to the store, or look for primary colors on the sides of a cereal or cookie package.
   • You need one color triangle of colors that provide visual balance to the painting, and another color triangle to identify pairs of colors that neutralize each other, since the complementary colors for these tasks are slightly different. So, ultramarine goes well with lemon yellow and other beautiful yellows, but to darken those yellows, use purple. Additional information information on this issue can be found online.
   • How many tubes of different paints do you actually need to paint a picture? Jean-Louis Morell's book on watercolor painting shows how, using the cyan-yellow-magenta color triangle, you can get almost any color you want from just four or five, but it can also be done using these three plus white (as white in watercolor painting is paper)!
     • The best range of shades can be obtained by mixing colors that are close to the CMY primary colors, but to obtain more dark shade, one - or better yet, two - should be darker than these primary colors, for example, Persian blue or cobalt blue, alizarin crimson.
   • What are you writing? The colors you need depend entirely on what you're writing. For example, ultramarine, Neapolitan yellow, burnt sienna and whitewash are useful for distant landscapes if bright greens and yellows are not needed.

   What you will need

   • Palette - a disposable paper palette works well.
   • Palette knife (any size)
   • Watercolor paper or primed canvas (you can buy these from your local art store; ready-made primed canvas works well)
   • Containers with water or solvent for washing brushes
   • Synthetic brush of your choice (#8 round or #6 flat works well)
   • Spray bottle to keep water-based paints from drying out
   • Paper towels for removing dirt and cleaning brushes
   • Color circle
   • Paints
   • A robe or an old shirt that you don’t mind getting dirty
   • Gloves

The color of clothing gives us qualities that each of us would like to develop in ourselves. Although, it is much more important that color helps to detect or enhance the energy inherent in each person, and it is certainly different for people. At a conscious or unconscious level, each of us chooses clothes of the color that will be combined with the natural color; more specifically, the color of hair, eyes, and skin is always important.

Pink and its shades add freshness to a woman's face. On top of that, for a man, a girl in a pink dress seems just as sexy as in a red one.

Despite this, you can’t go overboard with pink, because this tone, in addition to love, hope and dreams, is often associated with vulgarity, bad taste, obscenity and excessive naivety. Often pink “hints” at mental narrowness and complete isolation from reality. Pink color has a large number of shades. Its most famous shade is magenta.

Magenta

This color can be described as bright purple or deep pink. You can have your own attitude towards this color, although basically it generates only positive emotions. Adults associate the color of a cuff with something unrealistic, short-lived and strive not to use it. Psychologists associate the color magenta with the desire for change. When a person, without realizing it, attracts the color of a cuff into his life (buying clothes or an interior item), thus he categorically decided to change something in his life, and change it for the better.

Magenta color in clothes

The magenta shade is beauty, style, glamor, effect. Essentially, magenta is a rather conventional name, that’s what they call special group shades obtained by combining (certain proportions) red and blue colors. Since magenta consists of two waves of color of different lengths, it cannot be classified as either a cold or a warm type of color. A cuff will make any attire amazing, so this color suits almost every woman: fair-haired, dark-haired, plump, thin, young and old.

Electronic magenta is the most popular fuchsia color. It is distinguished by a characteristic special shade, so in clothes the color of fuchsia gives the impression of something refined, sublime and sophisticated. The appearance of ultra-pink color in clothes or, as it is casually called, neon pink, the catwalk owes to the fashionable Italian designer reformist Elsa Schiaparelli.

How to combine madget color with other colors?

In clothing, magenta is a symbol of tenderness and sensuality. Every fashionista should know how to correctly combine magenta and other tones in clothes in order to make a bright impression on others. Most a win-win– combine magenta and black. Thanks to this aristocratic color, a naive girl becomes an elegant, representative lady. White color gives magenta color airiness and lightness. Classic version– combine magenta with gray. A gray outfit in itself evokes boredom and despondency, and this colorful, concentrated shade will add dreaminess and originality to it. For more reserved individuals, a combination with purple, magenta is a good “friend” of the blue shade.

Advice from designers is to combine the frivolous and picturesque color of magenta with more serene tones, say, milky, lemon, beige or light green. A great office ensemble - a cream skirt, pink top and matching shoes. A bright woman chooses magenta for her look with accessories and trousers in bluish-green color. An ensemble of a red top and hot pink shorts will look playful. Today manzhdeta is the choice of sensual girls who understand all the subtleties fashion industry and always look amazing.

If you are not a designer, then sometimes the specific terminology used by professionals may seem complicated. This applies not only to styles in the interior, clothing, any special methods of processing materials or design elements of the product. We can talk about the simplest and most common concept of the tone of an object. You can often hear the term magenta. Many people don’t even know what color it is. The article will help answer the question.

Spectrum shades

From school drawing lessons, most ordinary people remember that there are three main colors: blue and yellow. Perhaps someone knows that they cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. All other tones are created precisely by a combination of elements of the main triad in various proportions. If a person went to an art studio or art school as a child, then he probably remembers which was often called a rainbow.

It is in special creative schools that children begin to be introduced to the basics of color science. The child learns that there are actually many shades and colors, and they all have their own names. Indigo, carmine, sienna, ocher, cinnabar are the most simple words, which a beginning artist should know.

Professionals have a much wider vocabulary. It can be difficult to understand what tone the wallpaper or your future trademark, for example, is suggested by a specialist. People often ask what the word magenta means. What color is this, in ordinary language? In fact, it represents a whole group of shades. Now you will find out what magenta looks like and where it is used.

Types of color models

All shades can be classified into one of two groups: subtractive or additive. The first are obtained by subtracting from the total ray of light. In this system, white denotes the absence of any tone, while their presence is characterized by black.

On a monitor screen, image reproduction is based on the emission of light. In this case, the RGB model is applicable. A sheet of paper can only absorb color, so in the printing industry the subtractive tone system - CMY - is used. Abbreviations are represented by the first letters of the English names of the components of the triad. In the field of printing they use: Cyan (cyan), Magenta (magenta), In the field of screen reproduction technology they use: Red (red), Green (green), Blue (blue). In printing, cyan is called cyan, and magenta is purple. The photo shows what shade it is. An analogue exists in the color system of web pages.

Designers working in these fields usually perceive all the tones in the numerical characteristics of each component. It can be from 0 to 100%. If you need to do a Magenta shade for your screen, transferring the color to another model is not difficult. You need to write the corresponding numeric code.

Scope of application of the term

The word magenta is used to describe color in the following areas:

Interior decoration;

Design of clothing, shoes, accessories;

Web programming;

Printing.

Each of the listed industries can be encountered by a non-professional. If you're updating your wardrobe or wallpaper in your room, knowledge of the terminology may be required. The most common area is printing production. Nowadays, most people have a printer at home. In this case, you definitely need to know the designations of paints.

Printed products

Regular users have at least once encountered a shade called Magenta. What color it is and how it differs from light magenta is not understood by everyone.

Most often, this question arises when using conventional printers. The following colors are used in printing devices: cyan, yellow, black, magenta. The photo of the color palette shows an example. The model is called CMYK. The last letter of the abbreviation stands for black tone, which is also taken as the main one. If a person had to change or recharge printer cartridges or clean the heads, then he, of course, saw what ink was inside the device. Don't know what light magenta shade is? The color is light pink. In many printing systems it is used to make it more photorealistic. If you compare four- and six-color printers, the latter have a more subtle rendering of facial shades, for example. When choosing a printing device for your home, you should take this into account.

Magenta: what color

So, magenta is a purple tone, a synonym for the HTML equivalent of Fuchsia, indicated by a special code. According to the RGB model, it is characterized by the following numerical parameters: 255, 0, 255, which indicate the maximum amount of red and blue components. According to the CMYK system, the magenta shade is specified as a percentage. This is one of the subtractive colors, besides yellow and blue, which is used

Magenta is the main color. It cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. If you try to do this with red and blue, desired effect will not be. This situation is explained by the peculiarities of the perception of shades by the human eye. The easiest way to figure out what color it is is by looking at the corresponding ink from your printer. It is based on them that you can choose paint, for example, for the interior.

Thus, it is not difficult to understand the terminology of professionals, remember the names of paints and use them in your vocabulary. This process can provide a lot of useful information and will significantly expand your vocabulary. You yourself will be pleased to say the names of the corresponding shades correctly.