About Color Printing; The Three Primary Colors Of Light And Color - Canon LASER SHOT LBP-2410 User Manual

About Color Printing

This section describes the fundamentals of colors and the method for color printing
from this printer.

The Three Primary Colors of Light and Color

The colors that you see in the computer display are expressed from the three
primary colors of light which are red, green, and blue. White will result if all the three
primary colors are mixed. (Additive process)
Green Green
Color printers express color, not with the three primary color of light, but with the
three primary colors of color which are the same colors as paint.
The three primary colors of color are cyan (C), magenta(M), and yellow (Y). Black
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(K) is obtained if all three colors are mixed. (Subtractive process)
M M
The three primary colors of light and color are in a complementary color
relationship.
The red in light and cyan in color, green in light and magenta in color, and blue in
light and yellow in color complement one another.
Green Green
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About Color Printing

White
Red Red
Blue Blue
Black
C C
Y Y
Red Red
Complementary
color
M M
Blue Blue
C C
Y Y