Spectrometry in CMYK and RGB

1.) How do you think the Spectrometer works?
A spectrometer is a measuring device that collects light waves. It uses these light waves to determine the material that emitted the energy, or to create a frequency spectrum.

2.) Were there any unexpected results? What were they?
I really didn't know quite what to expect so I wasn't expecting any particular outcome but, I did notice that colors that use similar colors to make up that color had close readings when we used that color.


3.) Were there any differences between the different pictures?
Yes there were, I think one of the reasons for that may be because one printer may have been running low on a certain color while another may have had plenty of that color and gave more of a "pure" color.


4.) Compare the printed color sheet to the one linked in the blog. What differences due you notice in the RGB display versus the CMYK printout.
Just that the one linked in your blog, the colors are a lot deeper and richer while the colors on the print out maybe not be completely accurate to the code the printer uses due to lack of ink.


5.) Did you notice the Hex Codes for each color. Would you say Hex codes have more in common with RGB or CMYK? Explain.
I would say RGB because the hex code is made up of three parts, there are three colors included in RGB. While I'm sure you can use the HEX code to find CMYK I feel like each section of the HEX code relates directly to RGB.


6.) Do you think the use of spectrometry is important for publishers? Why or why not?
I imagine that it is. but I could not begin to explain why or how it would help them.


7.) What sort of consequences may arise if spectrometers were not used in publishing?
They could give a wrong color or something.




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