Color theory dyes, paints and inks. It also created the dyes and chemical processes necessary for color photography. As a result, three-color printing became aesthetically and economically feasible in mass printed media, and the artists' color theory was adapted to primary colors most effective in inks or photographic dyes: cyan, magenta, and yellow (CMY). (In printing, dark colors are supplemented by a black ink, known as the CMYK system; in both printing and photography, white is provided by the color of the paper.) These CMY primary colors were reconciled with the RGB primaries, and subtractive color mixing with additive color mixing, by
Light blue Light blue The first recorded use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915. In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboy) and dark blue (синий, siniy). The ancient Greek word for a light blue, "glaukos", also could mean light green, gray, or yellow. In Modern Hebrew, light blue, "tchelet" (תכלת) is differentiated from blue, "kachol" (כחול). In Modern Greek, light blue, "galazio" (γαλάζιο) is also differentiated from blue, "ble" (μπλε). Cartography Flags Gender Interior design School colors Sports Religion