Color
Color can change the whole look or feel of a design. Basic color knowledge will help you strengthen your design and understand the technicalities that designers face when translating color ideas to print or electronic media. Color is the visual response to the wavelengths of light, identified as the colors we see in the rainbow (red, blue, green, etc.). Color depends on light because it is made of light.
Additive primary colors are red, green and blue (RGB). These additive primaries represent the three main components of white light. Used individually or together, these three colors of light can be mixed to create nearly all colors. Additive color is used in scanners and computer displays.
Subtractive colors are cyan, magenta, yellow (CMYK). Subtractive color mixing describes how the light absorbing properties of paints, inks, etc, mix to make colors in reflected light.
Tip: Don't hesitate, calibrate! Calibration helps you to achieve uniform color coordination between your monitor, printer, digital camera and scanner.