# Color blending mode on CMYK **URL:** \ **Category:** General Questions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109 "2021-12-29T11:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![morningsashimi1](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@morningsashimi1](https://krita-artists.org/u/morningsashimi1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/1 "2021-12-29T11:20:12Z")
Hi! I put to paint image so I need to paint with CMYK mode. But I just found out I cannot use color blending mode if set file as CMYK. How to solve it? Or what is the alternative? ---
**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/2 "2021-12-29T11:59:08Z")
Which blending mode are missing when working in CMYK? I know some are not available or work differently when not in RGB but which one is it that you need? ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/3 "2021-12-29T12:03:58Z")
Hello and welcome to the forum 🙂 > [@morningsashimi1](#): > > I put to paint image so I need to paint with CMYK mode. Please explain in more detail why you think that you need to use a CMYK colour space. It’s recomended that you use RGB/A colour space for painting. If you’re concerned about how the image will look when printed, you can do ‘Softproofing’ to check that. > **[Soft Proofing](https://docs.krita.org/en/user_manual/soft_proofing.html#soft-proofing)** > > How to use soft proofing in Krita. Also, if your printing needs are for very high quality then you should be talking with the printing company that will be printing your artwork. ---
**Author:** ![morningsashimi1](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@morningsashimi1](https://krita-artists.org/u/morningsashimi1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/5 "2021-12-29T23:10:42Z")
Because the painting company told me I should use CMYK to paint before painting, otherwise color will be different on paper. Thank you so much! I never heard of Softproofing before. What are great technique! ---
**Author:** ![morningsashimi1](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@morningsashimi1](https://krita-artists.org/u/morningsashimi1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/6 "2021-12-29T23:11:15Z")
color mode ---
**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/7 "2021-12-29T23:51:16Z")
> [@morningsashimi1](#): > > Because the painting company told me I should use CMYK to paint before painting Did they also send you their printers color profile? otherwise the prints won’t be accurate anyway. Here’s an interesting topic about it > [@Is working in CMYK worth it?](https://krita-artists.org/t/is-working-in-cmyk-worth-it/129): > > Over the years it has been an unspoken rule to choose CMYK right at the start when creating new documents for artworks that are going to be printed. Many old-timers may remember working in CMYK from start to finish carefully choosing colors and keeping an eye on the out of gamut warnings while color picking. Despite the effort of these people it would often lead to unsatisfactory results. In the Free Software side of the world, many users demand the CMYK support in apps and tell the developers … And there’s also a cool feature in Krita, you can have your color selector in CMYK space while your image is that n RGB. That makes correcting colors in soft proofing easier for me, because I can pick close colors from the start. But it won’t prevent out of gammut colors from happening when mixing on the canvas, though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-blending-mode-on-cmyk/34109/8 "2022-01-13T23:51:41Z")
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