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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 → CMYK
  • CMYB → CMYK
  • C-M-Y-K colours → CMYK
  • cmky → CMYK

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