Spot color Spot color In offset printing, a spot color or solid color is any color generated by an ink (pure or mixed) that is printed using a "single run", whereas a process color is produced by printing a series of dots of different colors. The widespread offset-printing process is composed of the four spot colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) commonly referred to as CMYK. More advanced processes involve the use of six spot colors (hexachromatic process), which add orange and green to the process (termed CMYKOG). The two additional spot colors are added to compensate for the ineffective reproduction
Blue–green distinction in language for each of blue (""), green ("") and grey (""). For all three, different shades can be indicated with different (compound) terms, none of them being considered as basic color terms: "bleu " (light blue), "bleu " (sky blue), "bleu " (Navy blue), "bleu " (royal blue); "vert clair" (light green), "vert " (literally: apple green); "gris " (very dark grey), "gris " (literally: mouse grey). French also uses "" for the lighter shade of blue of the sunny sky, that was in turn loaned to English as "azure". Catalan distinguishes blue (') from green (') and grey ('). Other