In graphic design, RGB means: Red, green and blue: the three colours of light that screens mix to show every colour. It is the colour mode for websites, apps, social media and video.
In Turkish: RGB, ekran renkleri
How it is used
Used whenever work is made for screens. You design in RGB, export RGB files and list RGB values in brand guidelines, written like R230 G57 B70. Said letter by letter.
Example sentences
Keep the social media visuals in RGB; there's no need to convert them for print.
The guidelines give the RGB values for screen and the CMYK values for print.
Common collocations
RGB colour mode
RGB values
convert from RGB
in RGB
Related terms
CMYKCyan, magenta, yellow and key (black): the four ink colours used in most colour printing. Mixing them in small dots creates the full range of printed colours.
HEX codeA six-character code starting with #, such as #E63946, that defines an exact screen colour using hexadecimal numbers for its red, green and blue values.
colour profileA small data set attached to a file or device that describes how its colours should be shown or printed, helping colours stay consistent between screens, software and presses.
PNGPortable Network Graphics: a raster image format that keeps full quality and supports transparent backgrounds, often used for logos, icons and screen graphics.
