Stamp review: CMYK Color Printing (2020-02-04)
CMYK Color Printing | צבעי היסוד בדפוס The "CMYK Color Printing / Chlorurus" stamp was issued by Israel Post on 4 February 2020. Face valued at ₪16, the stamp features a multicolored chlorurus parrotfish swimming in a sea among corals and numerous smaller fish. As indicated in the stamp's release notes , "CMYK" is an acronym for cyan (blue), magenta (pink), yellow, and key (black) -- the four basic colors of printing. The upper area of the stamp depicts the CMYK color palette, and the tab below the stamp proper deconstructs a segment of the coral reef into its constituent colors. The stamp was designed by Tuvia Kurtz and Miri Nistor , both veteran designers with Israel Post: Kurtz has been designing Israeli stamps since 1998, and Nistor since 2001. It would be misleading to review the stamp shown above in isolation from the minisheet of which it is a part. Technically a 4×1 minisheet, since the top three rows consist of perforated labels and not actual ...