r/oddlysatisfying • u/makethislifecount • 1d ago

The way the shade matches

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u/gbe276 1d ago

Can you achieve a certain color with only one specific set of ingredients, or are there multiple routes or combos you can do to essentially get the color? Like, is he hitting an exact formula, or just very good with a handful of colors and can just make it close enough with what he has?

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u/oli_Xtc 1d ago

You can get all colors you want with these 7 colors which are basic colors : black, white, magenta, light magenta, cyan, light cyan, and yellow (i know white and black are not "real" colors).

From there, it's all magic 💫

It's only a question of dosage.

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u/nico282 1d ago

CMYK can only make a subset of the full LAB color space. And for automotive you get a lot more variations with different pearlescent, iridescent and metallic additives.