`luc020.c`¶

Problem Statement

In digital world colors are specified in Red-Green-Blue (RGB) format, with values of R, G, B varying on an integer scale from 0 to 255. In print publishing the colors are mentioned in Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (CMYK) format, with values of C, M, Y, and K varying on a real scale from 0.0 to 1.0. Write a program that converts RGB color to CMYK color as per the following formulae: White = Max(Red/255, Green/255, Blue/255) Cyan = (White-Red/255) / White Magenta = (White-Green/255) / White Yellow = (White-Blue/255) / White Black = 1 - White Note that if the RGB values are all 0, then the CMY values are all 0 and the K value is 1.

Metadata¶

Property	Detail
Author	Amit Dutta amitdutta4255@gmail.com
Date	12 Dec 2025
License	MIT License (See the LICENSE file for details)
Difficulty	Beginner (index: 2 / 10)

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Source Code¶

#include <stdio.h>

// declaring function
double get_white(double red, double green, double blue)
{
    double max;
    max = red / 255;
    if (max < (green / 255))
        max = green / 255;
    if (max < (blue / 255))
        max = blue / 255;
    return max;
}

int main()
{
    double r, g, b, w, c = 0, m = 0, y = 0, k = 0;
    printf("Enter the RGB color code in 'R G B' format : ");
    scanf("%lf %lf %lf", &r, &g, &b);

    // checking for invalid input (negetive input)
    if (r < 0 || g < 0 || b < 0)
    {
        printf("\nRGB color code can not be a negetive number.");
        return 1;
    }

    // checking for invalid input (out of range color code)
    if (r > 255 || g > 255 || b > 255)
    {
        printf("\nRGB color code can be maximum (255, 255, 255).");
        return 1;
    }

    // converting RGB color code to CMYK color code
    if (r == 0 && g == 0 && b == 0)
        k = 1;
    else
    {
        w = get_white(r, g, b);
        c = (w - (r / 255)) / w;
        m = (w - (g / 255)) / w;
        y = (w - (b / 255)) / w;
        k = 1 - w;
    }

    printf("\nRGB color (%g, %g, %g) equivalent to CMYK color (%g, %g, %g, %g).", r, g, b, c, m, y, k);
    return 0;
}

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    CODE (luc020.c):

    #include <stdio.h>

    // declaring function
    double get_white(double red, double green, double blue)
    {
        double max;
        max = red / 255;
        if (max < (green / 255))
            max = green / 255;
        if (max < (blue / 255))
            max = blue / 255;
        return max;
    }

    int main()
    {
        double r, g, b, w, c = 0, m = 0, y = 0, k = 0;
        printf("Enter the RGB color code in 'R G B' format : ");
        scanf("%lf %lf %lf", &r, &g, &b);

        // checking for invalid input (negetive input)
        if (r < 0 || g < 0 || b < 0)
        {
            printf("\nRGB color code can not be a negetive number.");
            return 1;
        }

        // checking for invalid input (out of range color code)
        if (r > 255 || g > 255 || b > 255)
        {
            printf("\nRGB color code can be maximum (255, 255, 255).");
            return 1;
        }

        // converting RGB color code to CMYK color code
        if (r == 0 && g == 0 && b == 0)
            k = 1;
        else
        {
            w = get_white(r, g, b);
            c = (w - (r / 255)) / w;
            m = (w - (g / 255)) / w;
            y = (w - (b / 255)) / w;
            k = 1 - w;
        }

        printf("\nRGB color (%g, %g, %g) equivalent to CMYK color (%g, %g, %g, %g).", r, g, b, c, m, y, k);
        return 0;
    }

luc020.c¶