In the world of home printing color ink jet, there is some confusion about CMYK and RGB color. Many photo enthusiasts do not realize what kind of color space of your digital camera out and get confused when trying to print images from your inkjet printer at home. They reach the print and wonder why the printed image is different from what they see on your monitor.

CMYK is the color description representing printed material, short for cyan, magenta, Yellow and Black. The mixture of these four colors together in different quantities that give the millions of colors that reproduce the colors in printed materials. These are actual inks used in printing the images they see in magazines and color books. RGB is the color description of the images seen on their computer monitors, which stands for red, green and blue. RGB color is really different light levels, and the mixture of these colors
creates the millions of colors coming from the computer monitor. All web sites and just about everything you see on your computer monitor is RGB unless the images have been converted into the CMYK color space.

When you print your images on your ink jet printer from the computer, the printer prints the image using CMYK inks. Viewing images in RGB and then print in CMYK can not give the results you want. Programs like Adobe Photoshop to convert the image from RGB to CMYK or vice versa. Some printers require that the image is CMYK before you print the image correctly. Some printers do not print correctly the image if the image is printed in RGB space.

A good reason for printing is a CMYK image to see the image in CMYK color before printing. When an image is converted to CMYK RGB, there may be some color changes are visible in the image. The reason for this is because many RGB colors can be reproduced with CMYK inks. That's why it's always a good idea to turn your image into a CMYK color space before printing. You may notice significant color change its image, especially in the areas of intense color of the image. Some of these areas of intense color may be less intense or boring, once converted. With photo editing software, you can come and solve these problems in the areas of color to your liking.

Many inkjet printers on the market today actually print directly from an RGB color image. And converting the image to CMYK can be printed incorrectly. You will need to determine which color space of the inkjet printer compatible. Software packages usually give you a clue about color spaces. If there is no option to convert the RGB color space to CMYK, most likely, the printer can print directly from an RGB color source. Usually, the top of the inkjet printers deal with the CMYK color space, the level of consumption lovers do not even know these color spaces exist. New top of the inkjet printers, however, now printed directly from the RGB color space as there is a wide spectrum of color that can be played in RGB compared to CMYK color.

If you visit the website, Instantimagers.com, the "Founders" and "DVD Cover and disc art 'designs are provided in both RGB and CMYK. Comparing the RGB and CMYK images side by side side, you will notice that there color differences. This is because some of the RGB colors that are not available as CMYK color conversion. Both versions are offered, as not all printers are created equal. Some tend to print more color space. Many of the designs are printed CMYK handled more after conversion to more closely match the colors of the RGB color space as many of the colors in some designs do not covert to perfection.

If all this seems confusing, do not worry. The key to remember is to print using RGB color if the printer and the software supports it. Let the printer software and worry about getting the right colors. If you have more experience with color photo correction and more control over color image, color printing. That's really going to be the manipulation and printing of the image in the color space your ink jet printer ink being used. You will be able to see the limits of the right to print CMYK color gamut on the monitor. Doing well with RGB and CMYK color is totally different from the calibration of the printer to match the colors on the monitor. That is actually the second step to get the best color prints. Understand the difference between RGB and CMYK is the first step to obtain the best print output on your home printer inkjet.