Design Color Settings

Emma Davis
Emma Davis Content Strategist at 4OVER4.COM
May 8, 2025

Most printing is done in CMYK color mode which is also known as the 4-color process. Your document color mode should also be set up in CMYK to avoid variations in the printing. Please note that you may see shifts when converting RGB color mode to CMYK.

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