Comfortable-Grade995 t1_j1wghge wrote on December 27, 2022 at 10:27 PM

Reply to comment by DepressedMaelstrom in ELI5: How is that Pantone colors don't have direct RGB counterparts? by ExternalUserError

Here is a dumb question... I know that green is a mix of blue and yellow, how can a printer using RGB make yellow color?

DepressedMaelstrom t1_j1whbf0 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 10:33 PM

/u/breckenridgeback did a good technical response above on this.
Basically printers use a different set of primary colours, (CYMK).

strawhatArlong t1_j1xjwtq wrote on December 28, 2022 at 3:22 AM

Printers actually convert RGB values into CYMK (cyan, yellow, magenta, and black (the "k" stands for "key")).

This is partially why designers will tell you to make sure that you design something in CYMK if it's going to be printed, because you'll be the one converting the file into CYMK and thus have better control over the end result, instead of relying on a printing company to do it automatically for you.