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The 27 pages that link to CMYK color model, each with the reason it gives.

• Color theoryCompared with: It shows why pigment primaries for printing differ from traditional painting rules.

• Color spaceCompared with: Print workflows use ink-oriented coordinates rather than the light-emitting RGB coordinates of displays.

• RGB color modelCompared with: Printing absorbs and reflects light, unlike RGB displays, which emit it.

• Color gamutCompared with: Printed inks reproduce a different, often smaller gamut than emissive RGB displays.

• Additive colorCompared with: Its ink-based process is subtractive rather than additive.

• Color (visual perception)Compared with: Printing mixes absorbed and reflected light rather than adding emitted RGB light.

• Subtractive colorBroader topic: It applies subtractive mixing to reproduce images with layered inks on a reflective substrate.

• Inkjet printingRelated: Many inkjet printers build color images from these four inks, often supplemented by others.

• Color wheelCompared with: Its printing primaries yield relationships unlike the red-yellow-blue wheel.

• Complementary colorsRelated: Its cyan, magenta, and yellow channels have complementary relationships to red, green, and blue light.

• Color mixingBroader topic: Its inks filter reflected light to reproduce colors on paper.

• ICC profileRelated: Printer profiles characterize how CMYK values produce colors on a particular printing system.

• Primary colorsBroader topic: It adapts subtractive primaries to practical ink reproduction on paper.

• Color modelBroader topic: It translates color into ink amounts, where pigments absorb rather than emit light.

• RedRelated: Printing generally builds reds from ink combinations rather than a red light channel.

• Adobe RGB color spaceCompared with: Adobe RGB targets RGB image workflows, while CMYK describes many printers’ ink mixtures.

• HSL and HSVCompared with: CMYK targets print mixtures, while HSL and HSV reorganize screen-oriented RGB values.

• Pantone Matching SystemCompared with: CMYK builds colors from process inks, while Pantone spot specifications call for distinct premixed inks.

• Hexadecimal colorCompared with: Print workflows use ink components rather than hexadecimal RGB channels.

• GreenCompared with: Printed green is generally produced by ink combinations rather than a dedicated green primary.

• Web colorsCompared with: Unlike typical web colors, CMYK values describe ink mixtures rather than display light.

• RGB color spacesCompared with: It describes ink mixtures rather than RGB light coordinates.

• Yellow (color)Related: Yellow is one of the primary ink channels used to reproduce printed colors.

• Black (color)Related: Dedicated black ink improves dark tones, text, and ink efficiency in printed images.

• HWB color modelCompared with: CMYK describes subtractive printing inks, while HWB targets screen color specification.

• ScarletRelated: Printed scarlet requires ink mixtures rather than the light used by screens.

• RGBA color modelCompared with: CMYK describes print colorants, unlike RGBA's additive display channels and alpha.