CMYK is made up of 4 main colours that are used inside the ink plates for specialized printing processes, these colours are Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black. Each of the colour has its own printing plates that are used in printing press to create the wanted outcome / image. When more colours are mixed, it creates darker shadows / colours in the image.
CMYK is preffered to be used while designing a project that will be printed. CMYK determines how much ink a printer will use when printing and in what quantity for each specific colour.
Pantone colours are made up of 1,867 colors, created by 13 original pigments. Pantone can be used for highly specific designs, as well as brands due to the fact that the user of Pantone is paying a premium for having colour swatches infront of them, showing extremely accurate colours that will be reproduced for brands once it is selected.
Pantone ensures consistency for brands and high quality in work
RGB colours are heavily and mainly used for screen designs, and electronic displays. RGB is made through 3 primary colours, Red, Green and Blue. The colours are then added together to create a broad range of colours. Unlike CMYK, the more mixed colours the lighter the design gets. RGB is heavily used for on screen designs due to it’s smaller file size.
RAL is considered extremely useful for graphic designers due to the large amount of solid colours and metallic colours that are able to be colour matched. Graphic designers usually use RAL for colour graphic printing. Through the use of RAL, consistency is achieved throughout the designs by using colour matching systems.
RAL offers 420 solid colours and 70 metallic colours to the users. The colours can be found on a digital chart but as well as a physical object with the colours shown.
