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subtractive color

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  1. [image processing] The color space defined by the subtractive properties of cyan, magenta, and yellow, the primary colors used in the printing process. Because these colors reflect light, the absence of them allows the viewer to see the white substrate of print; when these three are combined, the print result is effectively black.

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