Process Color (Multi-Color)
With Four-Color Process Printing any color, solid colors and full-color photographs alike, can be printed through the combination of four separate plates - each of a different process color - cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
The full-color image:
Each process plate - cyan, magenta, yellow and black:
Solid colors can be chosen using our tint chart (or we'd be happy to select them for you). This chart provides a four-digit code for each color which indicates the value of each process color. Each digit multiplied by 10, provides the percentage of each color (A=100%, 1=10%).
For example, 15A0:
is made up of 10% cyan, 50% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black:
Pantone colors must be converted to CMYK values and may not exactly match those depicted in PMS swatch books.
Spot Color
Spot color refers to a pre-mixed ink which is printed on separate plate from black.
Spot colors available at GateHouse are Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta or Yellow. Black is mandatory, therefore a spot position can only include Black + 1 spot color. Spot colors must be prepared using the following CMYK values and can be used as screen percentages.
Red
(0A60) = 0% cyan 100% magenta 60% yellow 0% black
Green (A0A0) = 100% cyan 0% magenta 100%
yellow 0% black
Blue (A600) = 100% cyan 60% magenta 0%
yellow 0% black
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow
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