RE: filmscanners: The K in CMYK

["Frank Paris" <marshalt@spiritone.com>]

This is why K is called "process black". It is the black that is used in the
printing industry's "process" of color printing.

Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of shAf
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:19 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: The K in CMYK
>
>
> IronWorks writes ...
>
> > It stands for black.  The letter "B" was already taken for something
> else, I
> > don't recall what, in the printing industry.
>
>     I won't argue it stands for "black" ... but do not think of it as
> "the" black.  That is, cyan+magenta+yellow should be "black", but in
> reality it is somewhat muddy.  The 'K' is actually a component of the
> inkset which compensates and make what should be "black" really black.
> For example, if you check CMYK values for "pure" black ... it might be
> C=70%, M=70, Y=70, K=90 ... as opposed to 0,0,0,100
>
> shAf  :o)
>
> > | Hello List,
> > |
> > | Just out of old fashioned curiosity: What does the K in CMYK stand
> for?
> > |
> > |
> > | Tom
> > |
> > |
> >
> >
>