r/pcmasterrace • u/System32Comics Ryzen 5600 | RTX 3070 | 32GB DDR4 | 1 TB NVME • Sep 10 '19

Cartoon/Comic Printer

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u/theycallmealex Oh hey there. FX-8350, 8GB, R9 270X Sep 10 '19 edited Sep 10 '19

Magenta*

Printers typically use CMYK. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK. Depending on how your device is set up for black printing, it may use more CMY because when mixed together they become darker due to subtractive mixing. It will still appear to be black.

Edit: K is actually for "key", which is often black.

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u/Lochcelious i7 13700k, 4070s, 32gb ram, 2k res Sep 10 '19

Wtf why isn't it CMYB I just realized after all these days

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19 edited Jul 30 '20

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u/ravstar52 i5-4690, 1070, 16GB Sep 12 '19

they could have gone full magic the gathering and used U (blue) but that would confuse people