The on-screen view you see while creating your photo book will always be somewhat different in appearance to the final printed version. On-screen photographs typically appear about 30% brighter than the same photos printed on paper.
It’s not a printing discrepancy. Screens use a different color model to printers.
Printers use the CMYK color model, a subtractive color model that blends cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks to create all other colors. Screens use the RGB color model, an additive model that blends pixels of red, green, and blue lights to create other colors.
There are two main reasons on-screen photos are brighter and more vivid than printed photos:
- Screens emit light, whereas paper absorbs light. It is impossible for paper to rival the brightness of an electronic screen.
- The RGB color model allows for a broader range of colors than the CMYK model. This is why colors look more vivid on screen.
For more detailed information visit our blog post here: Printing discrepancies? What to expect on screen vs. print