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Lost in (color) space?

Most scientists are aware of RGB (red, green, blue) and CYMK (cyan, yellow, magenta, black) color but may or may not understand the pros and cons of the two types of color space. At Developmental Dynamics, we require authors to submit their color figures in CYMK format, even though they likely generated their figures in RGB. Therefore, you may be asking, “Why is that so and why should I care?” It’s so, because printing presses can only render color from CYMK files, not from RGB files (although both computer screens and personal printers can render color from RGB), so all publishers require CYMK files. You should care, because a color shift occurs when figures are converted from RGB to CYMK. Although this color shift is a necessary evil for printing, it’s not a necessary evil for viewing images online. Hence, we are pleased to provide added value to our authors and readers. Beginning October 1, 2005, we will require that authors submit their figures in RGB format; for most authors this will eliminate one step in the submission process, streamlining it. Rapid Inspector (an online tool authors use to verify that their files are of publication quality; http://rapidinspector.cadmus.com/wi/index.jsp will be changed to accept RGB files (it now accepts only CYMK files). In production, RGB files will be used to generate online images and PDFs. Thus, these images in digital format will be more vibrant than they were previously using CYMK. Because most readers prefer to view published manuscripts online, your figures will be seen at their highest quality by the largest audience. For the printed version, production will convert your RGB files to CYMK. Although as mentioned above, colors are not as vibrant in CYMK as in RGB, the printed figures will remain at the outstanding level of quality that you have come to expect for figures published in Developmental Dynamics.