Definition: Along with cyan, magenta, and yellow, black is one of the 4 inks in CMYK or 4-color process printing. In CMYK it is abbreviated as K because it is the Keyline plate.
Black can be a pure ink color or it is sometimes created by mixing other ink colors to acheive a color that looks black. Black ink is also added to other ink colors to enhance their printed appearance.
Also see: Black type
Pronunciation: [blak ingk]
Examples: Black is the most commonly used ink color in all types of printing and is used extensively for text in both black and white and color printing.
