RGB color model
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The RGB color model is an additive color model in which the red, green, and blue primary colors of light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model
Full color image along with its R, G, and B components
The first permanent color photograph, taken by Thomas Sutton in 1861 using James Clerk Maxwell's proposed method of three filters, specifically red, green, and violet-blue
A photograph of Mohammed Alim Khan (1880–1944), Emir of Bukhara, taken in 1911 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky using three exposures with blue, green, and red filters
RGB phosphor dots in a CRT monitor
CMYK color model
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The CMYK color model is a subtractive color model used in color printing as well as describing the printing process. The abbreviation CMYK refers to the four color components used in printing: cyan, m
RGB color model
…and large screens such as the Jumbotron. Color printers, on the other hand, are not RGB devices, but subtractive color devices typically using the CMYK color model. To form a color with RGB, three light beams (one red, one green, and one blue) must be superimposed (for example by emission from a black screen or…
Early three-color process (1902)
Approximation using CMY colors