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#6: Mar 11th 2011 at 10:57:05 PM
Thanks for that, it always annoyed me that Ghost Rider was blue in the old comincs, but now I can just pretend its black.
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#7: Mar 12th 2011 at 3:55:20 AM
Actually, there still are only four colours of ink: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Every other colour is made by combining two or three of those in various amounts.
Modern comics are printed the same was as those of days gone by; the dots are just much smaller.
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#8: Aug 31st 2013 at 8:53:42 PM
I see this is an old discussion. Nonetheless...
There was a slightly cheaper variation called three-color, where Black and Cyan were replaced by a kind of navy blue, or maybe dark cyan. So all the outlines and text were dark blue, and other colors were less accurate.
edited 31st Aug '13 8:54:44 PM by LeeM
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What exactly is a "four-color" comic? 'Cause I've counted, and every in-color comic book I've come across uses all seven parts of the visible light spectrum (plus black, white, and brown, which may or may not count as colors depending on your Personal Dictionary). What is this term supposed to mean?