Article: A colorful explanation: a color photo in print is really a combination of four images created through a process known as color separation.

A Colorful Explanation

Color photography is becoming so common in publications that one almost takes it for granted. But making it happen is not as easy as it looks.

By the time a color photo makes it into print, it has been through a process that blends complex computer manipulation with the simple principles of mixing colors that most people learned as children. That color photo in print is really a combination of four images created through a process known as color separation.

To understand color separation, one must understand the theory of "three-color vision," the way the eye perceives color. It is not unlike the theory of mixing paint, ...

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