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Re: filmscanners: The K in CMYK
> Just out of old fashioned curiosity: What does the K in CMYK stand for?
The word used in the printing industry and photography is Key, but thinkof
it as the K in blacK. The B was already taken by Blue, so they used K for
Key/blacK. Now if someone wants to remind me what the origin of the word
"Key" for "Black" is, the whole thing might make a little more sense. :)
(hence "high key" and "low key" photos)
Rob
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