Noun
CMYK (uncountable)
(computing, printing) Initialism of cyan, magenta, yellow, key: the colour model used in colour printing.
A majority of the world's printed material is produced using the CMYK process, and there is a special subset of Pantone colors that can be reproduced using CMYK. Source: Internet
Colour printers usually have multiple toner cartridges, wax patrons etc. Printers using CMYK colour have four, one each for the colours cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Source: Internet
Halftoning This diagram shows three examples of color halftoning with CMYK separations, as well as the combined halftone pattern and how the human eye would observe the combined halftone pattern from a sufficient distance. Source: Internet
In a color printer, each of the four CMYK toner layers is stored as a separate bitmap, and all four layers are typically preprocessed before printing begins, so a minimum of 4 megabytes is needed for a full-color letter-size page at 300 dpi. Source: Internet
Because usually the black plate contained the keyline, the K in CMYK represents the keyline or black plate, also sometimes called the key plate. Source: Internet
CMYK printing technology cannot accurately reproduce on paper the color on the computer screen. Source: Internet