Color spaces (was DEC Colours)

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Tue Nov 16 10:31:42 2004

  A simple thing that I have used to help me out (in my work with cinema
projection and video editing) is:

   RGB is a *transmissive* specification. It is used a lot where the light
from the image is being *generated* by that image... like a CRT. It
*makes* the light.

  CMYK is a *reflective* specification. It is used where light is bounced
off a colored surface, like a magazine page. As was pointed out, mostly
used in the printing and graphics arts.

   And there are of course many other flavors and types of specs - and we
won't get into 'brightness' and all that entails...

   So if you're trying to match paint - a 'reflective' specification would
be the most accurate, I would think.


  Cheers

John
Received on Tue Nov 16 2004 - 10:31:42 GMT