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Guest Tutorial 58

Where Color Comes From
©2006 Gary David Bouton

Most of us take it for granted that color is available to us when we edit, paint and draw, but did you ever wonder where screen and file colors come from? The smart-aleck answer is, “Why, from the color palette!” but the nature of digital color is somewhat of a mystery I’m going to demystify in this article. If you don’t understand how your favorite app derives colors, you have little control over color accuracy and consistency as you post your work and print it, and you’ll be in for a nasty surprise when you share the artwork you slaved over.

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