What Are Color Profiles?
Color profiles or color modes are the pop in of color your digital art document uses.
Different software or devices sometimes have specific color modes.
For example,Procreate has a choice of color profilesas well as some specific Apple-only RGB profiles.
You might also use different color profiles depending on the global region you’re printing designs.
Colors are not always viewed equally on screens.
This ensures your results are always correct, consistent, and the best quality they can be.
What Is CMYK?
By mixing these four colors, all other colors can be created in print.
Compared to RGB, CMYK colors often appear muted.
This is due to the additive nature of CMYK printing and the lack of ability to recreate bright hues.
To achieve brighter printed colors, you should use Pantone colors.
What Is RGB?
RGB colors are reductive in nature.
This means the more colorsor lightare used, the lighter or whiter they appear.
The fewer colorsor lightare used, the darker they appear.
Similar to switching a light on or off.
Of course, sometimes you may want to print something later after having made it with RGB color modes.
This is important to note, especially if colors are integral to your design.
What Is Pantone?
As you might know already, Pantone is one of the worlds leading color companies.
But you should alwayscalibrate your screen monitor for accurate colorsto avoid disappointment when printing from an uncalibrated monitor.
A PMS color provides exact colors across the board, no matter who designs and who prints the collateral.
