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How do you spell CMYK?
CMYK is spelled C-M-Y-K. The transposition CYMK is extremely common; the order is cyan, magenta, yellow, key.
Letter by letter
C-M-Y-K
Spelling note
Four capitals, no spaces. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key, where Key means black.
What it means for nature photos
CMYK is the four-ink model used in commercial printing. Converting from screen colour to CMYK compresses saturated colours into a narrower range.
Common misspellings
CYMK→ CMYKCMYB→ CMYKC-M-Y-K colours→ CMYKcmky→ CMYK