Color Management Part 1

Each ink color (yellow, magenta, and cyan) absorbs, or subtracts about a third of the visible light spectrum. By printing various combinations of the three inks (and adding even more inks) in different screen percentages, we can reproduce more and more colors in the visible spectrum. The maximum number and range of colors we can reproduce, given a particular ink set and substrate, is considered the gamut, and we can represent it on a three dimensional model. But first, we have to measure and plot it.