Standards in Print and Digital

• There are three colour formats and systems available;

  • RGB
  • CMYK
  • Pantone
• RGB refers to the colours of light that mix to create colours
• There are three basic colours of light;

  1. Red
  2. Green
  3. Blue
• RGB is meant to be used in website design and other designs only on a screen
• RGB tends to be brighter on screen than what is printed on paper
• CMYK is also known as;

  • four-colour printing
  • full-colour printing
  • process colour printing
• CMYK is used in projects where printing the full range of colour is required;

  • full colour photography
  • more than three colours used
• PMS stands for Pantone Matching System
• PMS is a colour referencing tool used to describe and define a colour