Through the newspaper, we get information about various events happening all over the world. But there are many things in it that we cannot see. Like have you ever noticed the four colored dots on the bottom side of the paper?
Most of us are unaware of what these four colored dots mean or what is the job of these small dots in such a large newspaper. Let us study through this article that why these colored dots are given in the newspaper, what do they mean.
Earlier, newspapers were printed in black and white, that is, earlier newspapers were printed in black and white. Along with time and development, now attractive advertisements, some color photos etc. have started coming in newspapers.
Because of these things, you are unable to pay attention to some parts of the newspaper. But there are four colored dots in Akbars, sometimes their shapes are different or they are in the corner in some newspapers. Let’s see why they are given in newspapers:
As we have reading, there are mainly three colors, pink, yellow, black and blue. Similarly, the same pattern is found in printers, but another color is added to it. These four points are made in the order of CMYK.
C = Cyan (in printing it means blue)
M = Magenta (Pink)
Y = Yellow (Yellow)
K = Black (Black)
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- Small dots of these colors are printed at different angles to create a printed image.
- The most widely used and cost effective color system in commercial printing.
- It is much cheaper than toner based or digital printing for large quantities.
It is difficult to find out how many newspapers are printed every day. Therefore it is also not possible to physically check all the pages of paper. For a printer, who has doing this for years. He knows what a suitable CMYK looks like if anything goes wrong. So he finds it from his experiences and from these marks. So basically this colored dot acts as a ‘printer’s marker’.
Source – Google
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