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The blue and the green

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 [...]

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Should You Design in RGB or CMYK?

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 [...]

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Color Links

December 16, 2008

Kuler Find color palates or create your own. Start with a photo you like and Kuler will create a color palate based on the image. Solid to Process chips (PDF) Download a PDF that shows Pantone to CMYK comparisons of each color. Keep in mind you will be viewing these on your monitor, so you [...]

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