RGB color

The color model RGB is what is used on all monitors—television screens, computer screens, mobile devices, projection monitors, etc. The color is made of red, green, and blue light coming from inside the device and going straight into your eyes (as opposed to CMYK which is light reflected off an object).

Use RGB color for graphics that will be displayed on a screen, such as a web site or a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation, a mobile device or an iPad or a television. If the light comes from behind the color, use RGB.

You can also use RGB for jobs that you will output on your own inexpensive inkjet printer (although if it uses four toner cartridges, use CMYK).

Color mixing in RGB is crazy: When you mix red and green, you get yellow!