June 25, 2009
The blue and the green optical illustion.
You see embedded spirals, right, of green, pinkish-orange, and blue? Incredibly, the green and the blue spirals are the same color. At first I thought Richard was pulling our collective legs, being a trickster of high magnitude. So I loaded the image in Photoshop and examined the two spirals. [...]
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January 3, 2009
This is not the be-all end-all guide for color modes, just best practices from my experience designing for the printing industry.
The only thing that matters is the output.
The simple rule is: web=RGB, print=CMYK.
If you are designing for print, what will the final output be? What kind of press will this be printed on?
Offset: CMYK
Offset presses [...]
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