Which colour is produced by mixing magenta and yellow in printing?

Correct answer: Red

In the subtractive CMY printing model, magenta absorbs much of the green part of white light and yellow absorbs much of the blue part. The light left to reflect is predominantly red, so option B is correct. Cyan plus yellow gives green, cyan plus magenta gives blue, and cyan itself is a primary printing colour rather than the usual result of magenta and yellow. This also shows that colour names depend on the medium.