CMY stands for Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow — the primary colors of the subtractive color system used in printing. From these three pigments, all other printable colors can be created.
You may also see the term CMYK, where K refers to Black ink. Fun fact: early home printers didn’t include black ink! But because most office printing involves black text, mixing Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow became unnecessarily costly — thus Black cartridges.
CMY Codes in the Kolormondo Pro 3D Color Globe
In the Kolormondo Pro 3D color globe, every color is precisely defined using a CMY code. For example:
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Pure Cyan: C100, M0, Y0
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Pure Magenta: C0, M100, Y0
Move one step inward from pure Magenta: a little Cyan + have been added, giving:
➡ C13, M87, Y13
Move downward into deeper, darker colors toward the South Pole:
➡ C33, M100, Y33
➡ C42, M92, Y42
Even the smallest shift in the globe results in a visually distinct and measurable color. That’s the magic of CMY!
A Game for Color Nerds 🎨
With Kolormondo Pro, you can:
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Guess the CMY code of a color
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Decode a code to locate it on the globe
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Explore subtle variations in shade and chroma
If you love color, this is pure joy!
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