The Coloured Dot Scenario

To be able to understand this article properly...you need to have the following minimum basic qualification:

• Must have read 2-3 newspapers in your lifetime (I put this here as most of don't tend to read them as they seem "boring" in the "modern world")   

Well some people also have an excuse.."Nobody does so why should I?"..Go on a morning walk on Sunday (tough..eh?) and notice the source of morning entertainment for people at your or someone other's balcony.(Yes you guessed it right ..it's newspapers !)..Start reading them now if you still haven't.

Now without deviating further from the topic..let's come straight to the point. When you last read a newspaper you would have surely noticed those "nonsensical" dots (Hearts/Squares/Circles)...at the bottom of almost every page and if you're a normal being, at some point of your life you must have wondered about them. 

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Now can I know the real thing please !

Now coming to the core part, actually these dots are nothing..but alignment marks more popularly known as 'registration marks' among the printing community. Also they are sometimes referred to as CMYK (Cyan,Magenta,Yellow,Black) due to the variety of colours they're usually seen in.

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OK..So, what do they do?

It's quite simple..they are used to align the text while printing.Plates of all these colours are laid out on a page separately and lined up in the same spot while printing. This is necessary to print a full colour image accurately.*

If these dots are not in the same line,the image and hence the print comes out to be blurry..

*(It's like taking an aim in those RPG shooter games ..if you align the sniper rifle correctly ,you get the target or you're dead :) )

• You might as well know that these dots are not only limited to newspapers but are used in almost every material which has printed texts(books,brochures etc.) , the only difference being that they're cut off during binding and that's why you only get to see them in newspapers

How was this important for me?

Many of you might have this question, so i decided to put it up here only. See, what I mentioned in my introduction (previous post :Introduction to my blog) was that what I do here is to answer your daily life queries that might come up in your mind from time to time and that's what i have done. 

(*Speaking otherwise this same question was asked in an IAS interview :)...Might prove useful !)

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