Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 If the human eye can see about 16 million colors, then why the CMYK color pallete has 100 000 000 (100^4) color combinations? Who is this for? PS: The RGB pallete has 256^3, which gives about 16,8 million color combinations, which in my opinion is way more acceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) Is this a rhetorical question? Because I really don't see how that is possible. Edited July 10, 2010 by NickFleming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I'm talking about the implementation of the RGB and CMYK color schemes in the modern digital image formats (*.png, *.jpg, *.ai, *.svg......). I just asked if somebody over here knows why the CMYK color pallete implements 100 000 000 colors while the human eye can distinguish only 16 000 000 colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 So its not a trick question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 It's a simple question, no kind of tricks, no kind of deception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Maybe this many colors make things easier for image recognition softwares, like those in CSI or even Tineye reverse image search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Maybe they make the software for butterflies too? I think they see more colors than poeple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I don't see how more colors can make something easier. Especially if they are not visible. By the way, an OCR software program recognises characters, which means that only 2 colors are needed. I know that there is a scientific use of the CMYK pallete, but a CMYK image requires more memory that a RGB image and that's why I'm personately against using CMYK in every-day life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) While every CMY combination creates a new color, adding x% of K to any given CMY combination may not create a new color. You are often able to achieve the exact same color by raising all three of the CMY percentages, but using more K instead saves ink. M. Dale Edited July 10, 2010 by M. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 That is what I was looking for. Thank you. But I think it will be better to implement a RGB => CMYK converter into the printer driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 I think its because the television companies hate us! they wasnt to decive us with their lies!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 What the hell are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Why they put more colors than we can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 What the hell are you talking about? C'mon Ianis lets not say those words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 probably because people like the illusion of choice even if they can not tell the difference between the choices. Besides, this is America. We are kind of all about excess... (of course, now that I said this, the color scheme being referred to was probably not even created in America and then someone is gonna be like... psssshhhh, you don't know what you're talking about. And I'm gonna be like fo sho i don't!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) Maybe they make all those colors for the benefit of bird-owners like me; so my birds can fully appreciate my desktop when they're in my study? Birds' eyes can perceive the entire color spectrum (including ultra violet & infra red). Edited July 14, 2010 by mojobrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 CMYK values are used in print media for the density of four inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, black. RGB values are used in displays for the brightness of three phosphors: red, green and blue. For a given bit depth, four parameters produce more combinations than three. The number of combinations is of importance only if there are too few, not if there are too many. If "ease" is an issue, keeping a constant bit depth for C M Y K R G and B is best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) was gonna ask what CMYK stood for, then i found out. now i havge another question: why does K stand for Black? just kinda wondering aloud... wow, i didnt read bonanova's post above before posting, i feel so dumb... Edited July 23, 2010 by MissKitten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 ^ K is for "Key", Wiki it... I think the reason for 100,000,000 colors in CYMK was not intentional, it could be that they just made the system as advanced as they could and thus it has the potential to show 100000000 colors, it's like when you get a TV subscription that gives you 10,000 channels, you are never gonna view them all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 ^ K is for "Key", Wiki it... thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 ^ K is for "Key", Wiki it... I think the reason for 100,000,000 colors in CYMK was not intentional, it could be that they just made the system as advanced as they could and thus it has the potential to show 100000000 colors, it's like when you get a TV subscription that gives you 10,000 channels, you are never gonna view them all... Well, at least you CAN see any channel you want, but I get your point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Question
Guest
If the human eye can see about 16 million colors, then why the CMYK color pallete has 100 000 000 (100^4) color combinations? Who is this for?
PS: The RGB pallete has 256^3, which gives about 16,8 million color combinations, which in my opinion is way more acceptable.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
21 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.