Cyan Magenta yellow (CMY) in Histogram

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My Histogram in LRc is showing only the RGB colors, how can I get also the CMY colors displayed in my histogram, The CMY colors as you know results from the overlap of colors from RGB. How can I get RGB and CMY displayed in my histogram? Thank you in advance

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Ian Lyons

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There's no way to display CMYK. The histogram only shows RGB.

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DaveR1948

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Almost all of the LRC Histogram images I have seen in YouTube videos and LRC books do show the yellow, cyan, and magenta colors where RGB intersect. Could it be only a Mac capability and not available on PCs? I have a new Dell XPS Desktop 8960 Intel Core i9-14900K, 64 GB Ram, and NVidia GeForce RTX 4070 with 16 GB, and BenQ SW272Q -- this configuration is VERY strong for my LRC 14.1.1. But STILL not intersecting colors yellow, cyan, and magenta. Very frustrating!!!

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DaveR1948

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UPDATE: I just disovered from an Apr 2024 post by John Ellis (https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/question-about-the-histogram/td-p/14578013), that as of LRC 13, the intersecting RGBs are no longer displayed as yellow, cyan, and magenta. The Adobe documentation now notes that "A histogram uses semi-transparency and lines to indicate where the different channels overlap." But in the following paragraph, Adobe still claims that the RGB intersection are displayed with yellow, cyan and magenta -- which is now incorrect. Come on Adobe, update your Lightroom documentation!

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