HP 5500dn HP Designjet 5500 series - User Guide - Page 282

subtractive color hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I ... tell me about ... the problem is ... legal notices glossary index subtractive color Colors that are put down on various printing materials are called subtractive colors. Inks are an example of subtractive colors, as the inks act as filters, subtracting components of white light to create colors. Subtractive color primaries are yellow, cyan and magenta. If mixed together, they are supposed to make black, but because of impurities in pigments usually make a muddy brown color. To compensate for this failure, printing systems usually use black ink in addition to the subtractive primaries to complete their gamut of reproducible colors. © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/C000-59.htm [8/5/2002 2:18:05 PM]