Assignments can sometimes seem ‘boring,’ but this particular one on trapping was full of valuable lessons in printing.
The top “A” is a Plain black, and the bottom is a rich black. You can see that the plain 100% K mix actually looks see through when the overprint fill option is turned on.
Rich black contains each of the four inks in CMYK. It contains Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. This form of mixed colors is more appealing to the eye and comes out much darker than plain 100% K black.
To check you black CMYK mixes in Illustrator, follow these steps:
- Go to Window > Attributes, and check the Overprint Fill box.
- Go to View > Overprint Preview to toggle the preview on and off.
