subtractive colors
Definition
In four-color printing process, the CMYK colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and blacK) which are overlapped in various combinations and proportions to produce all other colors. The visible color is the reflected (and not the retained) color, and is called 'subtractive' because its wavelength is less than sum of the wavelengths of its constituting colors. See also additive colors.
subtractive colors is in the Printing, Packaging, & Publishing subject.
subtractive colors appears in the definitions of the following terms: additive colors and four color process
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