Which color model is primarily used for digital screens rather than printing?

The RGB color model is primarily used for digital screens because it is based on the way screens emit light. RGB stands for Red, Green, and Blue, which are the three primary colors of light. When these colors are combined at various intensities, they can produce a wide range of colors that are displayed on digital devices such as monitors, televisions, and smartphones.

In the RGB model, each color is created through additive mixing—meaning that the more light you add, the closer you get to white. This is fundamentally different from the way colors are mixed in traditional printing, which relies on the subtractive color model, commonly referred to as CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key/Black). CMYK works by absorbing light, which is why it's not suited for screens where light is emitted rather than absorbed.

The HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) model is more about describing colors in a way that's more intuitive to human perception, while LAB (Lightness, A, B) is designed to be a device-independent color space that aims to be perceptually uniform. While both HSB and LAB are useful in certain contexts, they do not directly correlate to the digital display technologies that rely on the RGB color