Hands-On UX Design for Developers

Color systems

How do we create colors? Well, that is done using the color systems.

We already mentioned that colors are seen differently by different people. For example, how I see colors on my mobile devices or computer can be different from how you are seeing them; the same thing also applies to physical objects.

For example, how we see colors on the computer can be totally different from how we will see them after we print our design on physical objects or paper. To help us achieve the same thing on both sides, we need to have proper color systems; I will explain the two most important ones:

• CMYK: Subtractive Colors
• RGB: Additive Colors

Subtractive color: Subtractive color is created by not pushing light in or out but by the reflected ...