This dictionary covers design, prepress and printing topics.
It was created with the help of S. Schwartz.

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Y
Abbreviation for Yellow, one of the colors used in full-color printing.

YAG
Abbreviation for Yttrium, Aluminium, Garnet. This term usually refers to an infrared laser with a wavelength of 1064 nm. In fact it should be Nd (neodymium) YAG but Nd is usually omitted. The name describes components of the synthetic gemstone used in the laser.

yaw
Rotational motion about the z axis, also known as azimuth or P.

YCC
Colour space that defines colours using luminance (Y) and two levels of chrominance (C and C)

yellow
- The natural color of ripe bananas and lemons.
- The subtractive primary color that appears yellow and absorbs blue light.
- One of the four-color process inks, made from the organic pigment diarylide yellow, formerly called benzidine yellow.

YMCK
Abbreviation for yellow, magenta, cyan and key