al_color_rgb_to_cmyk(3)

al_color_rgb_to_cmyk3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_color.h>
void al_color_rgb_to_cmyk(float red, float green, float blue,
   float *cyan, float *magenta, float *yellow, float *key)

Overview

Each RGB color can be represented in CMYK with a K component of 0 with the following formula:

C = 1 - R
M = 1 - G
Y = 1 - B
K = 0

This function will instead find the representation with the maximal value for K and minimal color components.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.