Zander’s Baby: Red, Yellow, Blue (and Green?)

Charles Gustav Zander was remarkable not just because of his important contributions to discourse on three-color color printing, but because, in the face of criticism, he had the courage to change his mind. An ardent evangelist of three-color printing and the use of scientifically rigorous color reproduction techniques, he realized, after more than 20 years in the industry, that he was wrong. This is the story of Zander and how he came to create his four-color complementary color system, one of the earliest examples of Expanded Gamut Printing.

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Thomas A. Lenci and the Eagle Printing Ink Company

First, it is my pleasure to welcome you to CMYK History! This is the first post of a site that I hope will serve as a platform for those interested in the history of color. Before starting on this research, I had just finished reading the wonderful book, “Mauve,” by Simon Garfield (about William Perkins and his invention of the first aniline dye), and was looking for my next adventure into the history of color. Having worked in the printing industry for many years, much…

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