Kornit’s Digital Printing Glossary
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RGB Definition
RGB Definition
The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The main purpose of the RGB color model is for the sensing, representation, and display of images in electronic systems, such as televisions and computers, though it has also been used in conventional photography. RGB is a device-dependent color model: different devices detect or reproduce a given RGB value differently, since the color elements (such as phosphors or dyes) and their response to the individual R, G, and B levels vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, or even in the same device over time. Thus an RGB value does not define the same color across devices without some kind of color management. Typical RGB input devices are color TV and video cameras, image scanners, and digital cameras. Typical RGB output devices are TV sets of various technologies (CRT, LCD, plasma, OLED, quantum dots, etc.), computer and mobile phone displays, video projectors, multicolor LED displays, and large screens such as Jumbotron. Color printers, on the other hand, are not RGB devices, but subtractive color devices (typically CMYK color model).
Kornit Digital’s sustainable, proprietary inks use CMYK, but in most cases add red and green primary colors to expand available color gamut for your print process.
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