cmyk

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cmyk - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  CMYK
  
     <graphics> cyan, magenta, yellow, key.
  
     A colour model that describes each colour in terms of the
     quantity of each secondary colour (cyan, magenta, yellow), and
     "key" (black) it contains.  The CMYK system is used for
     printing.  For mixing of pigments, it is better to use the
     secondary colours, since they mix subtractively instead of
     additively.  The secondary colours of light are cyan, magenta
     and yellow, which correspond to the primary colours of pigment
     (blue, red and yellow). In addition, although black could be
     obtained by mixing these three in equal proportions, in
     four-colour printing it always has its own ink.  This gives
     the CMYK model.  The K stands for "Key' or 'blacK,' so as not
     to cause confusion with the B in RGB.
  
     Alternative colour models are RGB and HSB.
  
     (1994-12-22)
  

cmyk - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  CMYK
         Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK (color system, DTP)