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Color separation
1. Chromatic separation
On the left-hand side the colors
are made in chromatic separa-
Chromatic Achromatic Chromatic Achromatic Chromatic Achromatic
tion created in cmy without
using black.
2. Achromatic separation
On the right-hand side the
colors are made in achromatic
separation using black and
a maximum of two of the
cmy colors.
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Color settings
When viewed using correct
color settings the colors are
alike.
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Note! There might be tiny little differences With the Triangle Colorscale
3. Cut out the part with the lowest value 6. Now the sample is too light and you add because of decimals, software versions and CMYK GUIDE you have a very
in cmy (in this sample magenta 20%). more black to get closer to the target! screen quality. ne reference on paper.
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8. Color separation
From chromatic to
achromatic separation
On this page you have 11 sam-
ples of six colors, separated in
a ow from chromatic to achro-
matic.
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TVS 253% TVS 219% TVS 246% TVS 222% In the Triangle Colorscale
CMYK GUIDE the TVS is never
higher than 300%.
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8. Color separation
Separation of picture
When it comes to separation
of color pictures it is more com-
plicated.
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Test form
Download the test form
15. CMYK GUIDE TVI test
form 1020x720.pdf or
16. CMYK GUIDE TVI test
form 720x520.pdf on
www.cmykguide.com under
downloads.
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8. Color separation
The cmy part of the separation. The black part of the separation.
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8. Color separation
The cmy part of the separation. The black part of the separation.
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3. Heavy
The separation here is created
in Photoshop using a lot of
GCR gray component remo-
val.
4. XHeavy
The separation here is created
using very little cmy and a lot
of black.
The cmy part of the separation. The black part of the separation.
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