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3-1 Working with color
This chapter provides guidelines for defining colors in your documents to produce the
results you want. The following topics are covered:
• Factors affecting how you work with color
• Choosing colors with QuickDraw and GDI applications, such as presentation
applications and word processing programs
• Choosing colors with PostScript applications, such as page layout programs,
illustration programs, and pixel-editing applications
Working with color
The two main factors that influence how you work with color in your documents are
the application you use and the final print device.
Applications vary in the methods they provide for choosing colors and in the way they
transmit color data to the print device.
• Office applications such as presentation software, spreadsheets, and word processing
programs use the RGB color model.
• PostScript applications such as illustration, pixel-editing, and page layout
applications use the CMYK color model.
The type of printing you plan for the document—short-run printing on the
DocuColor 40 CP versus offset press printing—determines the way you define colors
as well as the print option settings you choose.
• For short-run printing on the DocuColor 40 CP, use any type of application and
define colors in either RGB or CMYK. If your application provides, you can also
choose colors from the PANTONE Coated color library. Choose the appropriate
settings for print options affecting color output (see Chapter 2).
• For offset printing jobs, use a PostScript application and define colors in CMYK or
choose colors from the PANTONE Coated color library. Placed images should also
be CMYK. Choose the appropriate settings for print options affecting color output
(see Chapter 2).
Chapter 3:
Working with
Color in
Applications